Sven Tschoepe/Heiko Heger/Ernst-Olav Ruhle - Voice of Internet Services and the Mass Market A Comparison of the key regulatory aspects in the US and Europe

Gerlind Wisskirchen - Privacy and Global Employee Data Transfer EU data privacy law restricts the international data flow

Mikko Välimäki/Herkko Hietanen - The Challenges of Creative Commons Licensing What are the legal implications when the principles of open source software licensing are applied to other copyrighted works on the Internet?



Case Law

UK: Most Appropriate Forum for Internet Libel Cases Lennox Lewis and others v. Don King – Court of Appeals (Civil Division) – Decision of 19 October 2004

USA: Copyright Liability of P2P File-Sharing Software Distributors Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer v. Grokster - Court of Appeals for the 9^th Circuit -Decision of 19 August 2004

The Netherlands: Disclosure of Anonymous Website Operator's Identity by ISP Lycos Netherlands B.V. v. Pessers - Amsterdam Court of Appeal - Judgement of 24 June 2004 - Summary & Comment by Willems



Updates

Jason Flint - Spain: IP Offences under the Penal Code Reform

Don McAleese - Ireland: Guidelines for Online Privacy Statements

Jacopo Liguori - Italy: Minimum Security Measures for Personal Data Protection