governanca.cgi.br ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Ministério vai mapear inclusão digital* <http://governanca.cgi.br/noticias/ministerio-vai-mapear-inclusao-digital/> O ministério do Planejamento vai mapear as iniciativas de inclusão digital em curso no Brasil. Info Online - 28/11/2007 *Nominet Position Paper on Front Running* <http://governanca.cgi.br/noticias/nominet-position-paper-on-front-running/> Nominet has published a very detailed and comprehensive position paper on “front running”. Although the paper is a mere 5 pages long it covers all the areas that the topic encompasses very well and is well worth a read. Circle ID - 28/11/2007 *Dell Takes Cybersquatters to Court* <http://governanca.cgi.br/noticias/dell-takes-cybersquatters-to-court/> PC Maker Alleges Domain Registrars Profited on 'Confusingly Similar' Names. Washington Post - 28/11/2007 *Spammers Giving Up? Google Thinks So* <http://governanca.cgi.br/noticias/spammers-giving-up-google-thinks-so/> Bill Gates was wildly optimistic when he said in 2004 that the problem of spam would be "solved" by 2006. The volume of junk e-mail transmitted worldwide is still enormous. But a remarkable trend is underfoot, according to Brad Taylor, a staff software engineer at Google: The number of spam attempts -- that is, the number of junk messages sent out by spammers -- is flat, and may even be declining for the first time in years. Wired - 28/11/2007 *How long should copyright last?* <http://governanca.cgi.br/noticias/how-long-should-copyright-last/> In 1735 William Hogarth, after a lively public campaign, helped to pass an act giving engravers the rights to their work for 14 years from publication. It was a landmark in the history of copyright as it bestowed on engravers similar legal rights to authors and stopped sellers of prints from creaming off all the profits. Hogarth would be amazed today to find that in the US copyright has been extended to 70 years - not from the date of publication, but from the death of the author. In Britain it was regarded as rather bold of the Gowers report - on which the government will pronounce soon - to suggest that Britain should keep the existing limit of "only" 50 years after death. The Guardian - 29/11/2007 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *http://governanca.cgi.br*
