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 NL & Cyber-Crime: Voraus/eilender Gehorsam-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.-
 
 Das Vertrags/mach/werk des Europarats zum Thema "Cyber-
 Crime" wird in immer mehr Punkten von Industrie Civil
 Libertarians  in Frage gestellt - die Niederländer wollen es
 unterschreiben, bevor es ratifiziert ist.
 
 Hintergrund
 http://www.quintessenz.at/archiv/msg01046.html
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 The Netherlands adopts cybercrime pact
 
 by Joris Evers
 
 (IDG) -- The Netherlands is adopting an international treaty to
 ease crime fighting in cyberspace even before the treaty has
 been signed.
 
 The Dutch Department of Justice told members of Parliament
 on Tuesday that Dutch law needs to be changed to be in
 accordance with the crime in cyberspace treaty. The treaty is
 still in draft and has various stages to go before signing,
 which is expected to take place late next year.
 
 "The Netherlands wants to show the way," said Peter
 Csonka, deputy head of the division of economic crime at the
 Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France. "It's the first time
 I've heard about an amendment process being put in place."
 
 The Council of Europe, which groups together 41 European
 nations and also includes the U.S., Canada and Japan, is the
 entity drafting the treaty.
 ...
 Companies are also affected. The new law will force network
 managers to cooperate with the authorities in tapping
 network traffic. Companies will not be asked to make their
 networks ready for tapping, which ISPs are required to do.
 
 Action against attacks on computer networks is also taken.
 It will become illegal to sell passwords and access codes
 and providing tools clearly meant to damage networks. Such
 tools would be computer viruses or hacking programs.
 ...
 Mail bombing, where the intention is to shut down a mail
 server by overloading it with thousands of e-mails, will also be
 a crime.
 
 The Council of Europe applauds the Dutch action. "The
 Netherlands has taken a very strong leadership," Csonka
 said. "A number of countries will have to change their laws.
 We have no specific details because it is too early, the draft
 is still being discussed."
 
 Human rights and information freedom organizations from
 several countries recently attacked the draft.
 
 In an open letter to the Council of Europe the groups said the
 draft treaty "is contrary to well-established norms for the
 protection of the individual, that it improperly extends the
 police authority of national governments, that it will
 undermine the development of network security techniques,
 and that it will reduce government accountability in future law
 enforcement conduct."
 
 Csonka said the drafting committee will conclude its work in
 December. The 582 members of the Parliamentary Assembly
 of the Council will then discuss the draft in March. This will
 produce an opinion on the draft. A steering committee will
 look at the opinion in June and most likely amend the draft,
 Csonka said. The Committee of Ministers will discuss the
 new draft. After approval the process of signing and
 ratification can start. This won't be until September 2001.
 
 More
 http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/11/30/dutch.cybercrime.idg/index.html
 
 
 
 
 
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 World-Information Forum
 24 11 2000 Technisches Museum Wien
 http://world-information.org/html/site_index/index.htm
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