Journal of Internet Law articles from May 2002

Journal of Internet Law archives from May 2002

Divergence in the UDRP and the need for appellate review.(Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy )
May 1, 2002... The Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) was adopted by the Internet Corporations for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and made a part of every contract for the registration of a domain name in any of the original three...

E-commerce taxation in California: a look at nexus and entity isolation for sales and use taxes.
May 1, 2002... Many Internet retailers do not collect sales and use taxes on sales made to purchasers located in states in which the vendors do not have a physical presence. It is argued that this places traditional bricks-and-mortar businesses at a...

Negotiating co-location contracts.
May 1, 2002... Co-location is the heart of Internet infrastructure. Whether your client is an Internet service provider (ISP), application service provider (ASP), content provider, bricks-and-mortar company with an e-commerce presence, telecommunications...

Latest privacy study. (Legal News About the Net).(from the Progress & Freedom Foundation)(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Commercial privacy practices are continuing to evolve and by some measures are improving their protection of consumer information, according to a new study released by the Progress & Freedom Foundation. The study surveyed more than 39,000 Web...

EPIC battle against Carnivore continues. (Legal News About the Net).(Electronic Privacy Information Center )(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... In the latest chapter of the ongoing saga, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EIPC) won a court order requiring the FBI to provide additional information about Carnivore and EtherPeek, which manages network traffic. EPIC has long...

Cable internet classified as "information service". (Legal News About the Net).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... On March 14, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a declaratory ruling classifying cable modem service as an interstate information service rather than a "cable service" as defined by the Communications Act. Verizon...

Ninth circuit allows service by email. (Legal News About the Net).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... In a precedent-setting decision, the Ninth Circuit upheld a lower court decision allowing service of a complaint (and the resulting entry of default judgment) on a foreign defendant by email. The decision was issued on March 20 in Rio...

Court shuts down Web sites in deceptive spam case. (Legal News About the Net).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... At the request of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a US District Court has issued a temporary restraining order against an operation that used deceptive spam messages to sell bogus domain names such as ".usa" and ".brit". The court also...

Utah Governor sued for email deletion. (Legal News About the Net).(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... Utah Governor Mike Leavitt was sued by four news organizations in an effort to stop the governor's practice of deleting his email after three days. The organizations alleged that the emails are public records and that deleting them is a...

Conferences and seminars.(Brief Article)
May 1, 2002... May 10-11, 2002--Los Angeles, CA "22nd Annual Computer And Internet Law Institute" The Computer and Internet Law Institute, sponsored by the University of Southern California School of Law, was the first-established computer and...