Cyberspace Law News
Case dropped against parents who put baby on eBay
By MARIA MARQUART Associated Press WriterMEMMINGEN, Germany (AP) - A baby boy removed from his parents' custody after they offered to sell him on eBay for just a euro - $1.59 - as a joke is back at home, a prosecutor said Thursday. "The child has been returned to his parents," prosecutor Johannes Kreuzpointer told The Associated Press.
EU, US near deal on pact on protecting privacy
By CONSTANT BRAND Associated Press WriterBRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Privacy rights vs. terror fights: The EU and the United States are close to agreeing on how to protect personal and private data while still letting law enforcement officials share information to combat organized crime and terrorism.
TMZ allowed to repost portion of actor's sex tape
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The woman in a sex tape featuring Verne Troyer - best known for his role in the "Austin Powers" movies - says she allowed celebrity Web site TMZ to broadcast snippets of the tape.
Microsoft and Yahoo rise on deal talks report
NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp. rose in premarket trading Wednesday as the Wall Street Journal reported Microsoft has talked to other media companies about teaming up to buy Yahoo's search business.
AT&T offers new option of iPhone without contract
By PETER SVENSSON AP Technology WriterNEW YORK (AP) - AT&T Inc. will sell the new version of the iPhone without a service contract for $400 more than the price with a two-year plan, a break from the rules set when Apple Inc.'s popular touch-screen gadget debuted last year.
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- ABA Committee on the Law of CyberSpace Online articles, some of which can be read for free by the public, others require password access. Information on the committee, symposia and other draft documents are also online.
- ABA Project on Internet Jurisdiction Focuses on jurisdictional and enforcement issues raised by the growth of electronic commerce.
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) The AIPLA represents individuals, companies and institutions involved directly or indirectly in thepractice of patent, trademark, copyright and unfair competition law, as well as other fields of law affecting intellectual property.
- BitLaw Includes articles and links to materials on specific Internet related issues (including web site development, ISP liability, web page linking, copyright issues, database protection and domain name issues).
- Computer Law Association International non-profit association of over 1820 active members in 40 countries. The site includes publications, materials and links on computer law as well as case summaries of computer cases in the US Courts.
- Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Electronic Frontier Foundation EFF is a non-profit, non-partisan organization working in the public interest to protect fundamental civil liberties, including privacy and freedom of expression, in the arena of computers and the Internet.
- Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) EPIC is a public interest research center in Washington, D.C. established in 1994 to focus public attention on emerging civil liberties issues and to protect privacy, the First Amendment, and constitutional values.
- Federal Communications Bar Association (FCBA)
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
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