IP: USA v Europe, Germany & COPPA fines

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

>Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:27:31 +1000 (EST)
>From: David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>
>Subject: USA v Europe, Germany & COPPA fines
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>Hi all
>
>Below are four articles, one the clash of cultures between Europe and
>the USA on how content online is treated by the law, two on Germany
>and how they are dealing with content online, the other on web sites
>being fined for COPPA violations.
>
>What I find quite laughable is Senator Leahy's comments in the first
>article that seem to indicate the rest of the world should abide by
>what the USA wants, and if anyone has any concerns, too bad. Anyway,
>I guess that is nothing new...
>
>Cheers
>David
>
>Continents Clash on Content
>Courts in France, Germany and Italy rocked the cyberspace world in
>recent months with rulings banning content from their borders that
>does not meet their national laws. The ensuing uproar over certain
>cases - most notably the French decision to prohibit the display of
>Nazi insignia and pro-Nazi remarks on Yahoo's auction site -
>highlighted differences between Europe and the United States (and
>even differences within Europe) on the best ways to regulate the
>Internet.
>
>The New York Times asked Erkki Liikanen, a technology expert who is a
>Finnish member of the European Commission (an executive arm of the
>European Union), and Senator Patrick J. Leahy, a Vermont Democrat who
>is a co-chairman of the Congressional Internet Caucus, to discuss the
>issue. Their comments follow.
>  http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/18/technology/18ZUCK.html
>
>Germany cracks down on Internet Nazi music trade German police
>swooped down on the homes of more than 100 computer buffs in a new
>crackdown on the illegal trade of Nazi songs over the Internet,
>officials said Tuesday.
>
>http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/04/10/germany.nazis.reut/index.html
>
>Germany plots cyberattacks on neo-Nazi sites German Interior minister
>Otto Schily is contemplating the use of spam in his battle against
>neo-Nazi Web sites, a government official confirmed Tuesday.
>  http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/04/10/nazi.spam.idg/index.html
>
>http://asia.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/04/10/nazi.spam.idg/index.html
>
>Web sites fined for COPPA violation
>  Girlslife.com, partners cited for collecting info about kids
>Just days before the first anniversary of the Children's Online
>Privacy Protection Act, the Federal Trade Commission brought its
>first action against a Web site for illegal collection of children's
>personal information. Girlslife.com, along with two partner
>companies, agreed to pay a $100,000 fine to settle the charges, the
>FTC said Thursday. A prominent Internet child privacy advocate said
>she now expects a flurry of enforcement actions by the FTC against
>non-compliant kids sites.
>  http://www.msnbc.com/news/561804.asp
>
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