Canadian charged in child porn case and other brief reports
Publish date: 15 June 2005
Issue Number: 1085
Diary: Legalbrief eLaw
Category: Corruption
*Canadian Cory Lee Nelson (36) has become the first person in the country to be charged with allegedly molesting a child in a live Internet broadcast. Nelson was arrested after a woman who viewed the broadcast on April 3 contacted the police. Full report in The Age
*The Chinese Government plans to police Web forums, chat rooms and blogs, alongside other Web sites. Full report by BBC News *Microsoft is to grant Indonesia an amnesty on pirated versions of Windows used on government computers in exchange for a token payment. Under the deal, up to 50 000 computers running illegal software would be legalised at $1 each. Full report in The Age *There are fears that greater access to the Internet in Asia could cause even more copyright violations across the continent as the rising number of Net-savvy users begin to download films and songs illegally. Full report in The Business Times
