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How about X Windows?

I think the article plainly answered this question when they said:

"Microsoft heeft diverse makers van software met in de naam 'Windows' gevraagd om een andere naam te kiezen."

Just for clarification, for you who cannot read dutch (and as a swede, I'm not sure whether I belong to that group of people or not), the sentence says something like "Microsoft has asked various software makers (software companies?) to kiezen (change to, use?) another name." Someone dutch around? :)

And oh, why aren't <cite> tags allowed here?

I think the article plainly answered this question when they said:

"Microsoft heeft diverse makers van software met in de naam 'Windows' gevraagd om een andere naam te kiezen."

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"Plus netscape has the brand name appeal."

After reading all the milions of "Netscape 4 and 6.0 sux, that's why they lost to IE"-messages, I'd say that Netscape's brand name appeal does more bad than good.

No I'm not joking here. I'm sure you've read the "Netscape sucks"-messages too. Those comments are in nearly every non-Slashdot browser or "Netscape sues Microsoft" article. Checkout the comment archives at WebWereld for example (well... if you can read Dutch, that is). Most people (at least, those who are old enough to remember Netscape) really do think that Netscape sucks, dispite the fact that Netscape 6.2 is a good browser. People simply don't want to give Netscape another chance.

Never mind, the ISPs are forced to install spyware hardware by law :P Apparantly, some providers have not met this requirement yet

That all countries of the EU are allowed to monitor and record data transmissions. This vote passed this morning, they're still debating over exactly what they're allowed to store (i.e. web URLS, web content itself, usenet etc)

Sounds like I'm gonna have to move back to the US, or somehow find an ISP that's gonna work around all this. What I was wondering about was exactly where they want to scan the data. At the ISPs or somewhere at the backbone?

A little more information can be found here, if you can read Dutch :)

There is a followup to this article.:
http://www.webwereld.nl/nieuws/9910.phtml
-sherman networks is unknow.
-A judge will not take this.(according to a involved loyer)
-bumra/stemra knows of nothing

There is an article [dutch] on webwerel.nl:

"According to a monday released press announcement the buyer - Sharman Networks - it is a aboute certain parts of KaZaA. The following company parts are "in ieder geval" involved: The website, name(/trademark), logo's , and a licence on the peer to peer network of fastrack. If the client software is involved is unknown

Futher details are not made public. What amount the from Australia coming Sharman Networdks paid for KaZaA is not clear. According to Nikkki Hemming, CEO of sharman the continuenece of Kazaa is insured. "we think it is fantastic to resume the service of Kazaa and development the tradmark Kazaa"

[sorry for the bad translation, my dutch is better]

rest of article is stuff we already know.
-download suspended.
-talks bumra stemra (riaa)

A more complete and better(?) translation of the webwereld.nl article.

Judge: KaZaA must close in two weeks

Thursday, 29 November 2001 - KaZaA must stop making copyright infringements of music artists in two weeks with, a judge decided today.

That's the remarkable outcome of summary proceedings between KaZaA and Buma/Stemra [Dutch RIAA]. If KaZaA ignores the decision they are forced to pay 100,000 Dutch guilders per day, with a maximum of 2 million guilders [1 NLG = about 0.40 USD]. The verdict can mean the end of KaZaA, the largest peer to peer network after Napster.

The judge also decided Buma/Stemra must negotiate with KaZaA within two days about a treaty that will allow KaZaA to legally 'distribute' music. According to KaZaA there already was an oral agreement with Buma/Stemra when Buma/Stemra canceled negotiations at the last moment.

KaZaA's lawyer, Christiaan Alberdingk Thijm sees the verdict as a victory, despite the threat of KaZaA being forced to close. "It's of course really nice that Buma/Stemra has to negotiate with us again. That means we still have enough time to make an agreement.

Whether Buma/Stemra and KaZaA will be able to make an agreement within two weeks, Alberdingk Thijm can't say. "I find it difficult to estimate"

But Alberdingk Thijm isn't happy about the passage in the verdict about copyright infringement. "The passage says that KaZaA itself makes copyright infrigments. That's of course nonsense. The users of KaZaA are responsible for that. You could also close down companies that make VCR's with that argument."

"You can only have a point when you say KaZaA gives users the possibility to break copyrights, the same argument used against Napster. I have the feeling the judge bungled that part of the verdict", says Alberdingk Thijm.

Thus KaZaA is thinking to appeal against that part of the verdict. "But before we make a decision we'll have to study the verdict again, calmly."

According to Alberdingk Thijm the verdict only has consequences for KaZaA's software. That means the network the company uses [FastTrack], which is also used by Morpheus (MusicCity) and Grokster, will stay 'open'.

People who already installed KaZaA on their computer, would still be able to use the network. KaZaA doesn't use central servers [they do! but it's still 'optional'] as Napster did, so stopping the service is difficult.

Buma/Stemra doesn't want to comment the verdict yet. "We will do that after wes tudied the verdict thoroughly", as George Knops of Buma/Stemra says.

Copyright (c) 2001 - WebWereld / Maarten Reijnders

Translation by Eelco Lempsink

The register points to this article on webwereld.nl . Since i am not aware of any automated translaters:

Rechter: KaZaA over twee weken dicht
judge:Kaza must close in 2 weeks

This is the remarkable outcome of a "kort geding" (court where outcome is in a short time) between kazaA and music right organisation "Buma/Stemra". If kazaa does not comply they must pay 100.00 guildens (~45.000 euro) a day with a max of 2 Million guildens. This outcome can end the Kazaa, that is one of the biggest music exchane services since the departure of napster.

The judge also dertermined that BUMA/stemra must meet with Kazaa to negotiate a contract where Kaaza can legaly offer misc via the internet. Accoridng to kazaa there was already a oral agreement with the buma/stemra the they canceled the engotioations.

Loyer Christiaan Alberdingk Thijm sees the judgement as a vicotry , in spite of the closing threat. "it is fantastic that they have to negotioate with us again. That means we still have enough time to make an agreement."
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about the passage in the verdict about the "auteursrecht" [copy right? ] he is less to speak. "in the verdict is that kazaa breachtes the copyright. This is nonsense. The users are responsible for this. With the same argument one could close the suppliers of video recorders"

. . . appeal. . .

according to Alberdingk Thijm the verdict only has consequense for the software. This means that the network where also morpheur and grokster make use of stay 'open'. Poeple who already have installed kazaa soule be able to continue with using the network.

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Buma/stemra did not react. "we do that when we studied the verdict"

[sorry for speliing errors and parts left out]

Before he started his HIT2000 company, mr. Mansur AKA "Gerrie" AKA "Dokter" used to be on irc even more then he is now, and was not shy of using the good old packets. Whenever Gerrie was on irc, he was asking people "in the know" for the latest exploits and flooding tools. As Gerrie's "skills" increased, he got more and more arrogant.

Mr. Mansur wanted to make his hobby his work, so for years he was talking on irc about how he was going to start this security company, and so he did. In the beginning his company doesn't get noticed much organising the hacker meeting HIT2000, so mr. Mansur starts pulling stunts to get his well deserved attention. He claims to know who did the hack on the dutch ISP Sonera back in april (warning: dutch), in which more then 100.000 passwords were stolen; but not how it was done. Then he goes on claiming he is on such good terms with the hacker that his company (yes, HIT2000) could employ the hacker, as to restore the damages done to Sonera...

Mr. Mansur has often been dared by the dutch hacker community to show the source of even a tiny exploit he himself produced. Mr. Mansur is the laughing stock of the dutch hacker/security community. In his last tv appearance (in an amusement show), he pulls out his laptop (running windows), does some obscure things and says "look, I could now hack Nasdaq" (amongst other websites). Then he goes off to his irc session, while still being interviewed. Here is al link to a dutch secrity website with an article called "Gerrie's Goochelshow" (warning: dutch), which roughly translates to "Gerrie's Magic Show". In there, mr. Mansur gets flamed to the bone, and his thoughful responces make things worse.

(On a sidenote: most of the people who work at HIT2000 actually know what they are talking about.)
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May 27, 2000: LA Weekly Genie 1, Bottle 0
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May 24, 2000: Channel 4 News Hackers stay one step ahead
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May 23, 2000: Libération L'anarchie est au bout du clavier
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May 12, 2000: National Post Napster secured page in Internet history
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May 10, 2000: New York Times The Concept of Copyright Fights for Internet Survival
One of the better articles; concentrates on the copyright issue. Requires free registration.

April 27, 2000: PCFormat Daily FreeNet
A brief article on Freenet.

April 27, 2000: Heise News-Ticker World Wide Anarchy: Netz ohne Kontrolle
A German article on Freenet.

April 26, 2000: CNET.com Free, anonymous information on the anarchists' Net
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April 17, 2000: The Irish Times Anarchy Rules Alternative Web
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April 16, 2000: Freshmeat Client As Server: The New Model
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April 13, 2000: El País Freenet propone una red sin censuras, alternativa a la WWW
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April 10, 2000: Slashdot.org FreeNet's Ian Clarke Answers Privacy Questions
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March 25, 2000: ABC News Freedom on the Net?
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March 25, 2000: New Scientist Out of control
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March 23, 2000: Heise.de Ein Netzwerk, das Zensur unmöglich machen soll
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March 14, 2000: OLinux Freenet, a polemic concept to deal with WWW
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March 8, 2000: no spoon FreeNet : le réseau anonyme distribué qui supplantera le Web
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March 3, 2000: Need To Know sufficiently advanced technology: the gathering
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