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Europeans
defining the long arm of the cyberlaw
ZDNet 001009
"European and US officials are moving toward a final draft of the world's
first international treaty on cybercrime, a broad effort that high-tech
industry groups and privacy advocates fear could intrude on personal
privacy and hamper e-commerce. The proposal, which has been in the drafting
stage for nearly three years, calls on countries to pass uniform laws
that would, among other things, ban hacking devices and require countries
to empower their law enforcement officers to conduct computer and network
searches and seizures."
The
Legal Side Effects of Internet Jurisdiction
av Doug Isenberg, GigaLaw 0108
"Personal jurisdiction" refers to whether a court has power over a particular
participant in a lawsuit. On the Internet, where anyone who publishes
anything on an unrestricted site exposes himself to the world, personal
jurisdiction can be quite far-reaching. The California court's decision
signals an expansion of personal jurisdiction in cyberspace. If followed
by other courts, any web publisher could be hailed into court wherever
its site has an effect."
USA:s
lag giltig även i andra länder pga internet
av Pär Ström, Atomer & Bitar 030303
"Om du skickar ett "olämpligt" email till din bror i Arboga kan
du bli åtalad och dömd till fängelse i USA, även
om ditt email är lagligt i Sverige. Detta är en konsekvens
av sektion 814 i den nya amerikanska så kallade Patriot-lagen.
Det amerikanska lagstycket innebär att personer i vilket land som
helst på jorden som begår datorrelaterade brott kan åtalas
i USA, om bara någon del av den datakommunikation som har med
brottet att göra råkat "routas" över en amerikansk server
(vilket kan inträffa även det gäller trafik inom ett
annat land). I så fall anses brottet nämligen begånget
på amerikansk mark, och amerikanska åklagare har full frihet
att väcka åtal. Det gäller även om brottet inte
har berört några amerikanska intressen.
- Det är en massiv utvidgning av amerikansk suveränitet,
säger Mark Rasch, f.d. åklagare på det amerikanska
Justitiedepartementet."
How
Other Countries' Laws Affect Online Businesses
av Mark Grossman, GigaLaw 0107
"The worldwide nature of the World Wide Web means that any business
online potentially exposes itself to the laws of every country. For
better or worse, some companies are learning how to avoid especially
thorny international legal issues on the Internet. This article explains
the topic of international jurisdiction online and offers tips to avoid
problems."
Online
Buyers Gain Ability to Sue
(kräver gratis registrering)
av Paul Meller, NY Times 001201
"The European Union last week passed a controversial Internet
jurisdiction law giving consumers the right to sue in their home country
online retailers located in another EU country. While
European officials maintain that the law will speed adoption of e-commerce
in the EU by bolstering consumer confidence, industry representatives
argue that it will hamper adoption by creating legal uncertainty for
small businesses. "You're going to start seeing disclaimers like they
have in the United States," warned Mike Pullen,
a British lawyer who fought for a less restrictive law. "If
I [am operating a business in France and] don't like certain aspects
of Greek consumer law, I'm going to say we don't trade into Greece."
Yahoo!’s
French connection
Economist 001120
"America’s leading Internet portal has been ordered to block French
users from viewing and obtaining Nazi material in a ruling that threatens
the freedom of the web. Yahoo!'s lawyers had argued that America's First
Amendment prevented it from halting the sale of Nazi material. But Judge
Gomez brushed this aside and pointed out the
company already refuses to carry auctions of animals, human organs and
drugs. "This is an ethical and moral restraint that all
democratic societies support," said the judge."
German
Hate Law: No Denying It
av Steve Kettmann, Wired 001216
"This week's ruling by Germany's highest court that the country's
laws against Nazi propaganda can be applied even to websites located
outside of Germany is the latest reminder that we live in a world with
and without borders."
Judge:
Yahoo not bound by French Nazi ban
CNET 011107
"A U.S. federal judge ruled Wednesday that Yahoo was not bound to comply
with French laws governing Internet content, a decision which could
have broad implications for international free speech rights in the
Internet age."
Struggling
with the French Yahoo Nazi-Auction Decision
av Doug Isenberg, GigaLaw 0101
"A French court's decision to forbid Yahoo from making Nazi auction
items available to its citizens is legally disturbing. While it's hard
to endorse the sale of such items, they do have their place, such as
in Holocaust museums. This column examines the legal and ethical issues
of the court's decision."
Australia
makes landmark net ruling
BBC
News 021211
"In
a decision with potentially profound implications for online publishing,
Australia's High Court found that US-based publisher Dow Jones &
Co can be sued for libel in an Australian court over an article published
on the Internet.
Defamation
lawyer Damian Sturzaker said it created "a spiderweb of potential litigation,
where you have a single publisher in the centre and strands running to
every jurisdiction that adopts this standard, each one a potential lawsuit
with different standards of evidence and different defences."
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