Articles

Ine Lejeune/Marc Joostens – New VAT Rules For Electronically Supplied Services The new regime of VAT rules applying as from 1 July 2003

Marco Maglio – An Economic Analysis of the Right to Privacy Whether data protection is a cost or a resource

Stephen J. Davidson/Daniel M. Bryant – B2B Exchanges: Lessons From the Trading Pit How B2B relationships can work

Case Law

USA: Liability for File Sharing Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. et al. v. Grokster, Ltd. et al.; Jerry Lieber et al. v. Consumer Empowerment BV a/k/a Fasttrack – US District Court for the Central District of California – Decision of 25 April 2003

USA: Enforceability of Browse-Wrap Licenses Christopher Specht et al. v. Netscape Communications Corp. et al. – U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals – Decision of 1 October 2002

Spain: Liability of Service Providers – Juzgado de Instrucción núm. Nueve Barcelona – Decision of 7 March 2003 – Summary & Comment by Jiménez-Batalla

Updates

Sakari Aalto/Mikko Alkio – Finland: New Domain Name Regime and Old Copyright Act

Tarlach McGonagle – Ireland: Data Protection and Data Retention

Cyril Pierre-Beausse – Luxembourg: Implementing EU Law on Personal Data