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Submission + - Icann approval given for porn-only TLD (bbc.co.uk)

Submitted by Squeeonline
Squeeonline writes: BBC News is reporting that "Official approval has been given for the creation of an internet domain dedicated to pornography.
The board of net overseer Icann gave initial approval for the creation of the .xxx domain at its conference in Brussels."
Domains will go live in early 2011.

Submission + - Best E-Reader for Science/Engineering Students?

Submitted by Squeeonline
Squeeonline writes: I, like many other university students, dislike carrying the huge books that our courses require. Personally, I avoid even looking at them if at all possible but as my degree progresses I find myself reading more and more. I've been looking at the Nook and the Kindle offerings, but none tick enough boxes. My wishlist would be 9" screen, annotate and highlight PDF (for all the papers), and bookmarking (for the textbooks). It doesnt need to have wifi or 3G, but e-ink is essential so no iPads. Less than €/$200 would be necessary for it to be taken up by university students who need the money for tuition/beer.

Comment Re:Good: we need the pain (Score 1) 288

Mod parent up. One must also consider that as the current internet savvy demographic ages, and a younger one follows, more of the population will care about their privacy and rights. You can already see that happening with privacy issues on facebook. It wont be long before people complain about record companies tracking and giving information to ISPs or however it will work.

Comment Re:Enforcement pending (Score 1) 288

If one ISP stands up and refuses to give up records etc, and people rally behind them, that company would hopefully flourish. However I don't think there are enough people in Ireland that care enough to do this. We have bigger issues on our minds. At the very least, one should be able to rally the student population and others who care about personal right and free stuff downloaded from the internet!

Submission + - Large Irish ISP to enact three strikes rule (irishtimes.com)

Submitted by Squeeonline
Squeeonline writes: One of the biggest broadband providers in Ireland will make the country the first in the world (according to broadsheet newspaper, the Irish Times) to introduce the "three strikes" rule.

"EIRCOM WILL from today begin a process that will lead to cutting off the broadband service of customers found to be repeatedly sharing music online illegally.

Ireland is the first country in the world where a system of graduated response is being put in place. Under the pilot scheme, Eircom customers who illegally share copyrighted music will get three warnings before having their broadband service cut off for a year." ... The mechanism by which it operates was challenged in the courts by the Data Protection Commissioner.

Apparently, IP addresses do not constitute "personal information". Personally, I use filesharing all the time, but I use it to download large open source linux ISOs. How will Eircom legally differentiate between that content, and the content that some ragamuffin may be downloading illegally without infringing privacy laws?

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