But you probably knew that already. The beta-edition of the beta-Skype KDE client is ready for downloads, and first impressions are that it works pretty, well all things considered ...

[ Source: TeledyN: Penguins Skype ]

A tip from John Daly via the DevGateway on this Washington Times report on moves afoot for this year's World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva where delegates are expected to push for strict legal controls on Internet content. Already the courts have seen foreign content providers being sued by various governments over publishing net content those countries deem unacceptable for their citizens:

Countries where the governments control the press, such as Cuba, China, Vietnam and Saudi Arabia, are expected to push for restrictions on Internet sites with content they deem unsuitable for their citizens.

Some want to block sites promoting hate, Nazism or, in the case of Saudi Arabia, women's swimsuits.

Or, in the case of the United States, presumably the prohibition of unlicensed mention of words like 'Kazaa'. Of the 185 nations participating in the forum, 60 voting members have clear restrictions on what they will allow their populations to download while, as we see with Scientology and Kazaa and the RIAA, even the so-called "Free speech" nations are not completely sided against such resolutions as would put a chill on foreign content providers from the fear of litigation in international courts should their content offend sensitive nations.

[ Source: U.N. 'Net summit spurs concerns of censorship - The Washington Times: World ]

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