EDUPAGE> Edupage, April 04, 2003
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TOP STORIES FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 04, 2003
Privacy Act of 2003 Introduced in Senate
Computer Security Incidents Rise Sharply
U.K. to Use Text Messages for Terrorist Alerts
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RIAA Sues Four Students
Varying Expectations for SEVIS
Recording Industry, Webcasters Set Music Royalties
PRIVACY ACT OF 2003 INTRODUCED IN SENATE
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) has introduced legislation known as
the Privacy Act of 2003 (S.745) to safeguard privacy rights and help
prevent the increase in identity theft and other abuses of personal
information. The bill seeks to establish a national standard to protect
Social Security numbers, driver's licenses, and health and financial
information. For highly sensitive information, an opt-in system would
require companies to obtain explicit permission before selling,
licensing, or renting individuals' personal information to third
parties. For less sensitive information, companies must grant
individuals the right to opt-out of having their information collected,
sold, or marketed. The sale or display of Social Security numbers to
the public would by prohibited; however, businesses could share these
numbers with other each other and with the government. Feinstein said
that the fundamental right to privacy "only will remain vital, if we
take strong action to protect it."
Internet News, 3 April 2003
http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/2174701
COMPUTER SECURITY INCIDENTS RISE SHARPLY
According to a report from Internet Security Systems Inc. (ISS),
computer security incidents and attacks on businesses worldwide
increased by 84 percent between the fourth quarter of 2002 and the
first quarter of 2003, amounting to 752 incidents compared to 101.
Mass-mailing worms contributed to the dramatic rise, with incidents
ranging from the relatively harmless to the much more damaging Slammer
worm. Retail businesses were hardest hit, with 35 percent of attacks,
financial services with 11.5 percent, healthcare and manufacturing with
9 percent each, and the government with 1 percent. The report found
that "suspicious activities," such as scanning networks for
vulnerabilities, accounted for nearly three-quarters of attacks and
that a quarter of security breaches occurred on Fridays or on the
weekend. Pete Allor of ISS said, "What we're seeing out there is a lot
more folks being extremely active and a lot more malicious behavior."
The report advises businesses to identify those among the plethora of
security threats that pose the greatest risk to their particular
business.
IDG, 3 April 2003
http://www.idg.net/ic_1281002_9677_1-5046.html
U.K. TO USE TEXT MESSAGES FOR TERRORIST ALERTS
In the event of a terrorist attack, Londoners might receive
text-message warnings and instructions on how to deal with the threat
via their telephones. Nick Raynsford, chair of the London Resilience
Forum (set up to prepare the capital for attack), testified before the
House of Commons Defence Committee that a text-messaging system was
being developed to contact business leaders in the event of a terror
attack on London to ensure that they knew what to do in response.
BBC, 2 April 2003
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/2911543.stm
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RIAA SUES FOUR STUDENTS
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) filed lawsuits
against four college students, accusing them of using their
institutions' networks to offer access to copyrighted music files. A
student at Michigan Technological University, another at Princeton
University, and two at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were named in
separate suits filed in federal district courts. The suits allege that
each student offered from 27,000 to more than a million songs to other
students, and the RIAA is seeking up to $150,000 for each illegal
recording named. Officials at the institutions were angered that RIAA
neither consulted nor warned them in advance. Bob Gilreath of Michigan
Tech said the record industry is "sending the wrong message to colleges
and universities" who have worked with RIAA to stop the practice of
file sharing on campuses. Penn State President Graham B. Spanier, who
founded a committee consisting of academy and entertainment-industry
officials on file sharing, supported RIAA's action because "the
infractions involved here are so egregious that they go well beyond
what we typically see on college and university campuses."
Chronicle of Higher Education, 4 April 2003
http://chronicle.com/free/2003/04/2003040401t.htm
VARYING EXPECTATIONS FOR SEVIS
Witnesses appearing before the House Judiciary subcommittee on
immigration presented conflicting opinions of the success to date of
the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). A U.S.
immigration official predicted that as many as 1.5 million foreign
students will be signed up by the August 1 deadline. American Council
of Education president David Ward questioned that conclusion, calling
SEVIS technologically flawed, with a complicated set of new rules and
regulations, unable to provide real-time access to data. Ward and other
witnesses criticized suspect certifications of schools, inadequate
training of staff in the field, and questionable plans to finance the
operation with a paper-based fee system.
Washington Post, 3 April 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16229-2003Apr3.html
RECORDING INDUSTRY, WEBCASTERS SET MUSIC ROYALTIES
Internet music broadcasters and the recording industry have agreed on
fees that major Webcasters must pay to broadcast songs over the
Internet during 2003 and 2004. The deal, if approved by the U.S.
Copyright Office, will avoid a lengthy arbitration process to set the
royalty rates. The agreement proposes a per-song rate but allows four
percent of a Webcaster's songs to be royalty-free and gives Webcasters
the option of paying royalties either as a percentage of their revenue
or at an hourly rate, depending on which is most cost-effective. The
new proposal does not apply to over-the-air radio Internet simulcasts
or to noncommercial Webcasters. Small Webcasters, who typically can't
afford the fees, pay less under the current legislation.
Washington Post, 4 April 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A25404-2003Apr4.html
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