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The Liability Of Internet Service Providers

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The liability of Internet service providers ("ISPs") for the content passing through their computers or included in the sites hosted by them, is the subject of fierce controversy. Their possible liability extends over a wide range of routine Internet acts and situations. Just a few examples appear below:
  • An Internet site defames someone or infringes his privacy ...

Local and International Jurisdiction on the Internet (Part I)

As the amount of information and number of sites on the Internet has grown, so Cyberspace litigation has multiplied. This litigation inevitably raises substantial issues of local and international jurisdiction. Since June 1996, time after time, the courts in the USA have had to rule on their jurisdiction to hear in one state on-line activity which was prima facie performed ...