Web Week

Caught downloading: Twelve-year-old girls and grandads have been among the Americans caught by the US music industry and served subpoenas for downloading copyright music.

The finger hasn't been pointed at Kiwis yet but it would pay to read the industry's "what to do when the subpoena" arrives fact sheet - but note the music industry site seems to be unreliable.

Downloaders can check if they should expect a subpoena and there is a new boycott-the-music-industry site.

Solve global warming: A project to get users of two million computers to help predict the climate was launched this week.

Experts want to guess the possible effects of global warming over the next 50 years.

Computer users are asked to download a climate model program, which will run continuously on their machines.

Bizarre auction of week: Can Ebay auctions get any weirder? The bidding has ended for "the weird gross bra that fell out of my ceiling" but you can see what you missed out on for US$66 (proving you can sell absolutely anything on Ebay)

Site can't be displayed: A company called Eolas won a US$520 million lawsuit against Microsoft for infringements on its patent on certain kinds of web links.

It has sparked a debate about how this will affect websites as it involves embedding objects in web pages that may, in effect, reside on other network sites and will cause Microsoft to change Internet Explorer.

The web standards body WE3 is concerned because it may give some sites trouble operating through IE browsers. Read their discussion and follow through to a discussion form.

Bumping into friends: A site called RendezvousNet puts you in touch with friends or contacts whenever you plan a trip, whether it's a holiday, a business trip or travel to events such as the Rugby World Cup.

Digital Millennium Copyright Act factsheet

Subpoena Database Query Tool

Boycott the Recording Industry Association of America

Climateprediction.net

eBay: Weird Gross Bra That Fell Out Of My Ceiling

Eolas v. Microsoft

RendezvousNet