Coupures de Presse [ le 12 février, 2002 ]

Articles à la "Une" : www.netsurf.ch

Cybersurveillance La Cnil revoit sa copie Lundi 11 février 2002, la CNIL a dévoilé les conclusions de son second rapport sur la cybersurveillance au travail. Au menu, la question du rapport entre vie privée et vie professionnelle et quelques innovations... (transfert)

Press clippings [ February 12 2002 ]

Featured Articles : www.netsurf.ch Hyperlkink Trial Who owns the hyperlink patent? British Telecommunications rocked the Internet in June 2000, when they claimed ownership of a hyperlinks patent (patent 4,873,662), registered 16 years ago. In December 2000 BT began its legal fight to claim back millions of dollars in licensing revenues from US ISPs byfilling it's first case against Prodigy Communications. n/e/tsurf And a U.S. federal court will hear preliminary arguments next week. Latest article: Judge Dubious About Link Patent British Telecom's argument that it owns the patent to linking on the Web may be a bit too difficult to prove, the judge hearing the case says. Wired Why BT claims it owns the right to click here The company claims that every US hyperlink is its intellectual property and therefore subject to a licensing fee. If successful, every internet service provider in the US would be liable to pay BT for the use of the technology. The UK patent has already expired so ISPs in the UK would escape having to pay anything. But in the US, the patent does not expire until 2006. BBC Hyperlink patent case may embarrass BT BT Group's controversial legal fight to assert monopoly rights over one of the fundamental building blocks of the internet - and hence to claim multi-million dollar royalties - opens in court in New York on Monday. FT BT goes to court in fight to establish Web surfing  patent It may sound far-fetched, but a U.S. federal court will hear preliminary arguments next week to determine if this most elemental of Internet activities is the business property of a lone company, protected in the form of a patent. News.com Background Articles: — BT holds US 'hyperlink' patent June 19,  2000 — BT détiendrait un brevet sur les hyperliens June 20, 2000 — BT launches US hyperlinks legal action December 14, 2000 Patent: — United States Patent  4,873,662 Sargent October 10, 1989 The Olympics Olympics shuns mobile technology The International Olympic Committee said Monday that equipment based on wireless-networking staple 802.11 won't be used to run operations of any Games until at least 2008 because of security and performance concerns. (News.com) Michael Kinsley Founding Editor of Slate, Online Pioneer, Quits Michael Kinsley, a pioneering figure in Web publishing, stepped down yesterday as the editor of Slate, an online magazine he conceived. Mr. Kinsley, who has edited Slate, owned by Microsoft (news/quote), since its founding in 1996, will continue to contribute as a writer but said it was time for someone else to lead the enterprise. (NY Times)