Today's IssuesThere really is a whole lot more to the
world than the Macintosh. This page provides links to
perspectives on current issues that may have nothing at all
to do with computers. Newest links are listed above older
ones. Linking, Deep Links, Open Link
Policy- The
Open Link Policy, 8/20.
Webmasters band together to encourage deep links, protect
content.
- Don't
link or I'll sue!, Salon,
8/12. "Links are the Web's essence and its genius. Every
public Web page's URL, its address, is available to all;
we can point any Web page to any other."
- Is
linking always legal? Experts aren't
sure, New York Times, 8/6.
"Especially controversial is the use of so-called "deep"
links, which point directly to Web pages or other content
within another site...."
Third Voice, Copyright- Third
Voice and the smoking gun,
Andrew Zimmerman.
- Third
Voice: the next step or
cybertrash?, MacBC, 6/15.
"These guys need not win, the sheer cost of defending
themselves will drive them out of business."
- Third
Voice and copyright, Larry
Rosenstein, Mac Musings, 6/15. "If I download one of your
pages, I'm free to do whatever I want with it on my
computer."
- Third
Voice, boon or bane?, The iMac
NewsPage, 6/14. "...if webmasters want improved feedback
and interactivity with their readers, it's best left to
them to decide how to achieve this...."
- Punishing
the innocent, denying the
user, AppleSurf, 6/14. "Third
Voice is only a channel for communication.... It need not
seek permission."
- Hands
off my site, Dan Knight, Low
End Mac, 6/11. "Have you heard about the new electronic
sticky notes Third Voice lets users put on web
sites?"
- Third
Voice vandalizes web sites?,
Mac OS Rumors, 6/10. Now Windows only, IE only plugin lets
anyone put notes on your web site.
- Say
No to Third Voice. "This
software is interpreted to be a violation of copyright
and should be investigated on a Federal
Level...."
Privacy, Internet Security- Now
you are an enemy of the state,
Jesse Berst, ZDNet, 8/23. "...the U.S. Department of
Justice wants the right to break into your home and
(without your knowledge) disable the security precautions
on your computer. Then it can track and trace everything
you do."
- Furor
rising over PC wiretap plan,
ZDNet, 8/20. "The plan is 'an unprecedented attempt by
the Clinton administration to impose "big brother"
monitoring powers over American citizens.'"
- DOJ
wants to bug PCs, ZDNet, 8/20.
"Under the proposed 'Cyberspace
Electronic Security Act,'
investigators armed with a sealed warrant could comb
computers for passwords and install devices that override
encryption programs...."
- Big
Brother wants to read your
email, Charles W. Moore,
MacTimes, 6/28. British government wants ISPs to provide
police with ability to intercept internet
traffic.
- Massive
internet tapping revealed,
Mac OS Rumors, 5/27. "...a large majority of Internet
traffic, including personal/business communication such
as email, is being passively tapped...."
- U.S.
uses key escrow to steal
secrets, TechWeb, 5/18.
"European plans for controlling encryption software are
nothing to do with law enforcement and everything to do
with U.S. industrial espionage...."
- Careful,
they might hear you, The Age,
5/23 [Slashdot]
Echelon system has US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New
Zealand "illicitly pick up commercial satellite
communications."
Censorship, Internet Filtering- House
passes net filtering bill,
c|net, 6/18. Mandatory internet filtering in schools,
libraries may become reality.
- Don't
shoot the messenger, MacWeek,
6/3. Australian Senate embraces web
censorship.
- UK
ISP blocks defamatory usenet articles and links to
defamatory sites, deja.com
[Slashdot].
"Current thinking is that we and you may be found liable
if we do not take action to prevent an article continuing
to be available when notified of its presence on our
servers."
- Fewer
than 50% of parents closely monitor kids' net
use, MacTimes, 6/1.
"Disturbingly, 18% of 62 children aged 8 to 18 surveyed
say they plan to meet someone they have met on the
Internet face to face."
- Australians
demonstrate against net
censorship, MacTimes,
5/28.
- Australian
Broadcasting Authority given power to censor
Internet, Australian
Broadcasting Corp., 5/26 [Slashdot]
"The broadcasting authority will be given responsibility
for ordering the removal or blocking of pornographic,
violent or otherwise offensive websites, newsgroups and
databases."
A bit more information on Yahoo. - Amazon
reverses decision on book ban,
ZDNet, 5/20
"The book (A
Piece of Blue Sky), a critical
examination of Scientology and its founder, L. Ron
Hubbard, was pulled by Amazon in February after an
injunction against its distribution in the United
Kingdom." (I waited to post this until Amazon listed the
book. dk 5/26) - Censorship:
Canada sets example for the
world!, The Mac Observer,
5/25
"...the government of Canada refused to censor content on
the Internet." - More
on censorship and school
violence, MacTimes,
5/24
- Not
censorship, something else,
Scott Link, Mac Musings, 5/21
"This is quick-fix legislation at its worst." - Censorship
and Filtering, Dan Knight, Mac
Musings, 5/20
"There is great potential for filtering, potential both
for good and evil." - It
is too censorship!,
Applelinks, 5/18
- Internet
censorship column catalyzes
debate, MacTimes,
5/18
- It
Isn't Censorship, Dan Knight,
Mac Musings, 5/18
- Thin
Edge Of The Wedge: Why Internet Censorship Is A Bad
Idea, MacTimes,
5/17
- Net
censorship and Apple, Don
Crabb, ZDNet, 5/7
"The Internet, in fact, did nothing, except provide an
inexpensive and readily available information conduit
that may have allowed those kids to proclaim their own
violent alienation from our society in the form of a Web
site and postings on AOL."
Alienation, Student Rights- Geek
unions?, Jon Katz, Slashdot,
7/6. What if high school geeks were to organize and
promote their interests in our schools?
- Reflections
of a Columbine father,
MacKiDo, 6/19. The father of two Columbine victims shares
his thoughts.
- Suffer
the (white, middle-class)
children, The Village Voice,
6/25
"Some French theorist . . . deduced quite some time back
that school (just like work or the army) is a jail-shaped
box: a containment system to keep people in a useful
order, brutally if necessary."
More on Slashdot. - Blaming
internet for school violence scapegoats real
problem, MacTimes, 5/24
"Bluntly stated, moral relativism and situational ethics
have rendered many people incapable of judging right from
wrong." - Have
we grown deaf to the plight of alienated
teens?, USA Today, 5/21
"School districts that have enacted strict rules against
bullying have taken a key step toward imposing the
discipline of civility on their students. But more is
required." - A
Student Bill of Rights, Dan
Knight, Mac Musings, 5/19
"What happened in Littleton was inexcusable, but it was
also a consequence of students being dumped on by their
peers." - Shut
down the schools?,
macRelations 2000, 4/29
- The
price of being different,
Slashdot, 4/29
- Outcast,
Mac Musings, 4/29
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