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Encryption foils Internet child porn prosecutions
Talkback As an émigré outside the UK/EU, so presumably beyond the jurisdiction of UK authority, I feel sufficiently emboldened to express opinion without feeling I will be subject to an unannounced visit from the UK Morals Police or a snap Inland Revenue...
[February 22, 2005, 3:26]
Analyst accuses cloud vendors of unprofessionalism
Blog Comment Issues involved include privacy, jurisdiction, and data protection - there's typically no responsibility for backup, which is down to the customer. Hmm I would have thought that such as the above would fall under the EU/country's data protection...
[November 19, 2009, 4:42]
International lawsuit treaty raises sovereignty fears
News Some industry officials said businesses that are worried about being subject to the jurisdiction of some countries may simply advise visitors to their Web sites that they do not do business with customers in those countries.
[May 29, 2001, 17:02]
Intel wants AMD antitrust case kicked out
News Intel, in its motion filed in US District Court in Delaware, states that the federal court should not have jurisdiction over AMD's antitrust case since AMD has alleged that its foreign sales, not domestic sales, are what Intel has damaged.
[May 4, 2006, 9:10]
Private bank email goes awry
Talkback The info that I need is if some of these emails are from Connecticut, because the uSA matter an appeal is for personal jurisdiction. Any emails from Connecticut would help me a great deal to show more support for jurisdiction.
[January 2, 2004, 23:13]
ICANN refuses to crush Spamhaus
News The Illinois court wouldn't have jurisdiction over ICANN, and in any case it's not in our remit to suspend domain names," said an ICANN spokesman. The court might order the registrar to change the domain — but the registrar is in Canada, out of the...
[October 11, 2006, 17:50]
CPS refuses Nasa-hacker UK prosecution
Blog The US wishes to retain jurisdiction," said the spokesperson. It's reasonable to assume the US wouldn't assist in the provision of evidence as they wish to retain jurisdiction. The Crown Prosecution Service has decided not to prosecute self...
[February 26, 2009, 12:53]
US regulators question cloud-computing security
News To secure personal information on the cloud, regulators may have to answer questions such as which entities have jurisdiction over data as it flows across borders, whether governments can access that information as it changes jurisdiction, and...
[March 18, 2009, 7:48]
Australian Linux community dismisses SuSE injunction
News Early in 2001, Linux Web communities and news portals were dominated by news that Adobe had taken legal action against a group of students within the German jurisdiction for using the word "Illustrator" in the title of a graphics application it...
[January 9, 2002, 11:48]
Spam is in the eye of the beholder
Leader Spamhaus has politely refused the offer to compensate e360insight, saying that the Illinois court where the judgement was made has no jurisdiction over a UK company. Tussles over UK and US legal jurisdiction aside, Spamhaus's plight highlights the...
[October 12, 2006, 17:10]
Spamhaus domain name may be suspended
News However, there is legal speculation as to whether the district court has the jurisdiction to order ICANN to suspend the Spamhaus domain name, as ICANN is an independent regulator. However, Woods said he doubted the US judge had the jurisdiction to...
[October 10, 2006, 14:45]
UK bookies toe the US government line
News Critics of the plans claim the US government does not have the jurisdiction to stop what its citizens are doing while effectively 'overseas' -- providing they are acting within the laws of the country where the website is registered.
[May 9, 2003, 14:50]
Parliamentary support builds for Nasa hacker
News In my opinion, Mr McKinnon can be prosecuted in the UK since the acts of hacking occurred within our jurisdiction," Carlile told ZDNet UK. I believe that Professor Simon Baron-Cohen's opinion that he is clearly placed within the category of autism...
[February 25, 2009, 15:38]
yes kidding...
Talkback He should be tried here, since we have jurisdiction, tell me if he was tried there what prevents his lawyer from saying that the computers he got into are on American soil and that Uk courts have no jurisdiction there?
[August 6, 2009, 19:45]
Dismissal hearing scheduled in Microsoft-Google case
News The companies are expected to take up the question of jurisdiction at the 14 October hearing. The memo, filed last week, goes on to quote the section of Lee's contract with Microsoft in which he agrees that the "exclusive venue and exclusive...
[September 15, 2005, 10:20]
Burglars sell stolen goods to victims online
News In the event of the company's servers being located outside of the UK, the Web site will escape British jurisdiction. European and US officials are working on the final draft of the world's first international treaty on cybercrime which hopes to...
[October 10, 2000, 15:51]
Linux Australia trademark battle takes new twist
News Last month solicitors representing Linux Australia Inc revealed that Linus Torvalds was assisting its bid to protect word 'Linux' from trademark claims in the Australian jurisdiction. Currently the Linux Mark Institute -- established to protect the...
[September 23, 2004, 9:40]
M'Learned Web: Drugs on the Net -- Viagra
News The supplier breaks no law in his/its jurisdiction and the purchaser breaks no law in his. The last question is whether the UK courts could assert jurisdiction over an American supplier and find it guilty under British law or issue an order...
[April 6, 1999, 15:50]
Libel without frontiers shakes the Net
News Tuesday's decision comes as courts in the United States and around the world seek to define slippery issues of jurisdiction and Internet speech. Also in December 2000, an Italian appellate court upheld a local court's jurisdiction in a libel case...
[December 12, 2002, 8:01]
Study: US out ahead on e-commerce
News Perhaps the most vexing problem in much of the online crime now occurring is figuring out which agency has jurisdiction to investigate, said Sally Gustafson, senior assistant attorney general and chief of the Consumer Protection Division at the...
[June 9, 1999, 9:44]
