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Crime, deviance and the computer
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adding n e w generic top level domains and related dispute resolution procedures on trademark and intellectual property holders, as well as a development of registry and registrar policies for top level domain names. WIPO has n o w received the approval of its Member States to conduct the international process called for by the United States Government. The report, entitled The
Management of Internet Names and Addresses: Intellectual Property Issues, can be found at:.
WTO Director-General Addresses European Parliament Committee In February 1999, WTO DirectorGeneral, Renato Ruggiero, addressed the Exterior Economic Relations Committee of the European Parliament. In his address, he outlined the need for a multilateral trading system within improved market access as a key objective for the least developed and the less dynamic developing countries. New technologies had an important role to play in this development as many of the issues arising in future negotiations "will involve new, technology-based issues like telecommunications, financial services,
information technologies, and electronic commerce. Again, some have portrayed these as developed c o u n t r y issues. Nothing could be further from the truth. New technologies like computers, cell phones, or the Internet, help to shrink distances and time, providing an escape route from physical marginalization. They equalize access to the most important resource of the 21st century - knowledge and ideas. They determine whether a country is equipped to participate in the n e w global economy, or is left behind. Far from seeing technology as a barrier between North and South, we should see it as a bridge - - and work to make this bridge a reality:' The Director-General also identified the need to underline the importance of investment and competition policy to development, including access to technology and advanced processes. He also called for a coherent and integrated strategy for d e v e l o p m e n t which takes account of a great n u m b e r of issues that developing countries face, from health and education to technical assistance, capacity building and debt relief. He also called for a strengthening of the multilateral trading system by e n s u r i n g that d e v e l o p i n g countries have an equal responsibility for the system. What was needed was a ' h u m a n face' in the process of globalization - "a n e w vision which embraces not only capital movements and trade liberaliza-
tion, not just labour standard, but also social safety nets, e n v i r o n m e n t a l , health, education - - especially the role of n e w technologies - - poverty elimination, cultural diversity, and the reduction of inequalities". He hoped that the next multilateral trade round would reflect a growing awareness of the inter-linkages among these issues. Further information at:. E-mail: enquiries@ wto.org.
DIARY * Digital Convergence, Competition and Regulation; 17-18 May 1999; The Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, UK; IBC Global Conferences Ltd; Tel: +44 171 453 5495 or Fax: +44 171 6361976, Email: cust.serv@ibcuk, co.uk. * Southern European Telecoms Regulation and Competition Law; 9-10 June 1999; Rome, Italy; Vision in Business Ltd;Tel: +44 171 8398391 or Fax: +44 171 8393777, E-mail: postmater@visivisl .demon.eo.uk. * C o m p s e c 99 I n t e r n a t i o n a l - - the 16th World Conference on Computer Security, A u d i t & C o n t r o l ) ; 3-5 N o v e m b e r 1999; L o n d o n ; Elsevier Advanced Technology; Tel: +44 1865 843297 or Fax: +44 1865 843958. E-mail: [email protected]; Internet:.
Book Review Computer Crime Crime, Deviance and the Computer, by Richard C. Hollinger, 1997, hard-cover, Dartmouth Publishing Co. Ltd, 573 pp., £99.50, ISBN 1 85521 467 9 The International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology, of which this text is a part, brings together the most significant journal essays in the field. The series makes available to researchers, teachers and students an extensive range of essays regarded as indispensable to obtaining an overview of the latest theories and findings in this fast changing subject.The purpose, therefore, of this particular collection of readings is to consolidate into one single volume much of the pertinent literature not published in standalone books.The goal is that this single reference will give interested readers access to most of the major studies published to date which d o c u m e n t the evolution of the p h e n o m e n o n generally referred to as 'computer crime'. The first group of readings d o c u m e n t the discovery of computer abuse along with the growth of its 'unique subculture of offenders'. Part II identifies the sociological factors leading to the eriminalization of the earliest forms of deviant computer abuse. Part III focuses on the 'demonization of hackers' period in which n e w laws were first used to prosecute some earlier computer deviants. Part IV presents some representative writings describing the essence of the computer censorship debate which is currently taking place.The editor, Richard Hollinger, concludes that essays included in this reader are not nearly exhaustive, but represent some of the best examples of research conducted on the subject of crime, deviance and the c o m p u t e r during the past 30 years. He includes a bibliography, r u n n i n g to seven pages in length, providing more detailed reference to further material. Available from: Bookpoint Ltd, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4TD, UK; Tel: +44 1235 400400 or Fax: +44 1235 832068.
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adding n e w generic top level domains and related dispute resolution procedures on trademark and intellectual property holders, as well as a development of registry and registrar policies for top level domain names. WIPO has n o w received the approval of its Member States to conduct the international process called for by the United States Government. The report, entitled The
Management of Internet Names and Addresses: Intellectual Property Issues, can be found at:
WTO Director-General Addresses European Parliament Committee In February 1999, WTO DirectorGeneral, Renato Ruggiero, addressed the Exterior Economic Relations Committee of the European Parliament. In his address, he outlined the need for a multilateral trading system within improved market access as a key objective for the least developed and the less dynamic developing countries. New technologies had an important role to play in this development as many of the issues arising in future negotiations "will involve new, technology-based issues like telecommunications, financial services,
information technologies, and electronic commerce. Again, some have portrayed these as developed c o u n t r y issues. Nothing could be further from the truth. New technologies like computers, cell phones, or the Internet, help to shrink distances and time, providing an escape route from physical marginalization. They equalize access to the most important resource of the 21st century - knowledge and ideas. They determine whether a country is equipped to participate in the n e w global economy, or is left behind. Far from seeing technology as a barrier between North and South, we should see it as a bridge - - and work to make this bridge a reality:' The Director-General also identified the need to underline the importance of investment and competition policy to development, including access to technology and advanced processes. He also called for a coherent and integrated strategy for d e v e l o p m e n t which takes account of a great n u m b e r of issues that developing countries face, from health and education to technical assistance, capacity building and debt relief. He also called for a strengthening of the multilateral trading system by e n s u r i n g that d e v e l o p i n g countries have an equal responsibility for the system. What was needed was a ' h u m a n face' in the process of globalization - "a n e w vision which embraces not only capital movements and trade liberaliza-
tion, not just labour standard, but also social safety nets, e n v i r o n m e n t a l , health, education - - especially the role of n e w technologies - - poverty elimination, cultural diversity, and the reduction of inequalities". He hoped that the next multilateral trade round would reflect a growing awareness of the inter-linkages among these issues. Further information at:
DIARY * Digital Convergence, Competition and Regulation; 17-18 May 1999; The Copthorne Tara Hotel, London, UK; IBC Global Conferences Ltd; Tel: +44 171 453 5495 or Fax: +44 171 6361976, Email: cust.serv@ibcuk, co.uk. * Southern European Telecoms Regulation and Competition Law; 9-10 June 1999; Rome, Italy; Vision in Business Ltd;Tel: +44 171 8398391 or Fax: +44 171 8393777, E-mail: postmater@visivisl .demon.eo.uk. * C o m p s e c 99 I n t e r n a t i o n a l - - the 16th World Conference on Computer Security, A u d i t & C o n t r o l ) ; 3-5 N o v e m b e r 1999; L o n d o n ; Elsevier Advanced Technology; Tel: +44 1865 843297 or Fax: +44 1865 843958. E-mail: [email protected]; Internet:
Book Review Computer Crime Crime, Deviance and the Computer, by Richard C. Hollinger, 1997, hard-cover, Dartmouth Publishing Co. Ltd, 573 pp., £99.50, ISBN 1 85521 467 9 The International Library of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Penology, of which this text is a part, brings together the most significant journal essays in the field. The series makes available to researchers, teachers and students an extensive range of essays regarded as indispensable to obtaining an overview of the latest theories and findings in this fast changing subject.The purpose, therefore, of this particular collection of readings is to consolidate into one single volume much of the pertinent literature not published in standalone books.The goal is that this single reference will give interested readers access to most of the major studies published to date which d o c u m e n t the evolution of the p h e n o m e n o n generally referred to as 'computer crime'. The first group of readings d o c u m e n t the discovery of computer abuse along with the growth of its 'unique subculture of offenders'. Part II identifies the sociological factors leading to the eriminalization of the earliest forms of deviant computer abuse. Part III focuses on the 'demonization of hackers' period in which n e w laws were first used to prosecute some earlier computer deviants. Part IV presents some representative writings describing the essence of the computer censorship debate which is currently taking place.The editor, Richard Hollinger, concludes that essays included in this reader are not nearly exhaustive, but represent some of the best examples of research conducted on the subject of crime, deviance and the c o m p u t e r during the past 30 years. He includes a bibliography, r u n n i n g to seven pages in length, providing more detailed reference to further material. Available from: Bookpoint Ltd, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, OX14 4TD, UK; Tel: +44 1235 400400 or Fax: +44 1235 832068.
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