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ICANN sets plan to reinforce internet DNS security

Network World

In a few months, the internet will be a more secure place.

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ICANN’s internet DNS security upgrade apparently goes off without a glitch

Network World

That’s the report from Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) as it rolled out the first-ever changing of the cryptographic key that helps protect the internet’s address book – the Domain Name System (DNS) on Oct. So far, so good. To read this article in full, please click here

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ICANN housecleaning will revoke old DNS security key this week

Network World

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers will this week do some important housecleaning from its successful, first-ever cryptographic key change performed last October. The KSK helps protect the internet’s address book – the Domain Name System (DNS) and overall Internet security.

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The Internet Archive is fighting publishers over the right of lending digital books

TechSpot

The legal case over the Internet Archive's digital lending program enters a new stage as both parties request a summary judgment in a Manhattan court. The Internet Archive maintains that buying and scanning books gives it the right to lend them out within limits like many libraries do. The plaintiffs.

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Today’s property rules don’t work in our IoT world

Network World

There are clear transfer procedures for all types of property, including real estate, cars and even books. Property ownership as we know it is under attack and fading fast,” writes Joshua Fairfield in his book Owned: Property, Privacy, and the New Digital Serfdom. Cambridge University Press.

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The Internet Archive loses appeal over e-book lending case

TechSpot

Judges representing the Second Circuit Court of Appeals have ruled that the Internet Archive's (IA) practice of lending digital copies of books without licensing fees is not fair use. The decision is a major victory for the publishers that sued the IA and ensures the removal of half a million. Read Entire Article

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Publishers' lawsuit leads to removal of 500,000 books from Internet Archive

TechSpot

Chris Freeland, IA's director of library services, talked about the organization's determination to restore access to these books by appealing the court's decision: the case is currently pending in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. It aims to convince the court that IA's controlled digital lending of. Read Entire Article

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