Information Technology Directives
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Council Directive 2006/58/EC of 27 June 2006 amending Council Directive 2002/38/EC as regards the period of application of the value added tax arrangements applicable to radio and television broadcasting services and certain electronically supplied services
Directive 2006/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 15 March 2006 on the retention of data generated or processed in connection with the provision of publicly available electronic communications services or of public communications networks and amending Directive 2002/58/EC (Data retention directive)
Directive 2004/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the enforcement of intellectual property rights
Council Directive 2002/38/EC of 7 May 2002 amending and amending temporarily Directive 77/388/EEC as regards the value added tax arrangements applicable to radio and television broadcasting services and certain electronically supplied services
Council Regulation (EC) No 792/2002 of 7 May 2002 amending temporarily Regulation (EEC) No 218/92 on administrative cooperation in the field of indirect taxation (VAT) as regards additional measures regarding electronic commerce
Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
Directive 2000/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on the taking up, pursuit of and prudential supervision of the business of electronic money institutions
Directive 2000/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 8 June 2000 on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market (Directive on electronic commerce)
Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 1999 on a Community framework for electronic signatures
Directive 97/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 1997 on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts
Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data
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Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 12 July 2002 concerning the processing of personal data and the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector (Directive on privacy and electronic communications)
Directive 2002/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 7 March 2002 on universal service and users' rights relating to electronic communications networks and services (Universal Service Directive)
Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 7 March 2002 on a common regulatory framework for electronic communications networks and services (Framework Directive)
Directive 2002/20/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 7 March 2002 on the authorisation of electronic communications networks and services (Authorisation Directive)
Directive 2002/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 7 March 2002 on access to, and interconnection of, electronic communications networks and associated facilities (Access Directive)
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On this website :
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer vs Grokster 19 Aug 2004 - copyright, Peer2Peer, file-sharing software (PDF, 129 KB)
Decizia Comisiei Europene impotriva Microsoft Corporation-(24 Mar 2004 - anti-competition ( PDF, 1.46 MB)
RIAA ( Recording Industry Association of America ) vs Verzion ( Verizon Internet Services) - 19 Dec 2003 - (PDF, 56KB ) - final decision
Blumenthal vs. Drudge si American Online, Inc.- 22 Apr 1998 - Internet defamation, ISPs obligation
Reno vs ACLU ( American Civil Liberties Union ) - 26 Iun 1997 - US Supreme Court - Communications Decency Act, Internet pornography
Cyber Promotions, Inc.vs. AOL ( America Online Inc.) - 4 Nov 1996 - spam
Cubby vs. CompuServe Inc - 29 Oct 1991 - ISP liability
1267632 Ontario Inv. v. Nexx Online Inc. Decision ( junk e-mail decision )
Affaire FR3 et DNA contre Syndicats de Journalistes ( Cour d'appel de Colmar ARRET du 15 septembre 1998 )
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On other websites :
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AMAZON.COM v BARNESANDNOBLE.COM ( 14 feb 2001 ) - Internet patent
ALS SCAN INC v REMARQ COMMUNITIES ( 6 feb 2001 ) - copyright
A&M RECORDS V NAPSTER ( 12 feb 2001 ) - copyright
ACLU of Georgia v. Miller, 977 F.Supp. 1228 (N.D. Ga. 1997) - e-mail
Bensusan Restaurant v. King, No. 96-9344 (2d Cir. Sept. 10, 1997) - jurisdiction
Bernstein v. U.S. Department of State, 974 F.Supp. 1288 (N.D. Cal. 1997) - encryption
Cardservice International v. McGee, 950 F.Supp. 737 (E.D. Va. Jan. 16, 1997) - domain names
CompuServe v. Patterson, 89 F.3d 1257 (6th Cir. 1996) - jurisdiction
Cyber Promotions v. Apex Global Information (E.D. Pa. Oct. 1, 1997) - e-mail
Cybersell Inc. v. Cybersell, Inc., 130 F.3d 414 (9th Cir. 1997) - jurisdiction
Davis v. Gracey, 111 F.3d 1472 (10th Cir. 1997) - privacy
Digital Equipment Corp. v. AltaVista Technology, 960 F.Supp. 456 (D. Mass. March 12, 1997) - jurisdiction
Hall v. LaRonde, 66 Cal.Rptr.2d 399 (Cal.Ct.App. 1997) - jurisdiction
Howard Stern v. Delphi Internet Services, 626 N.Y.S.2d. 694 (N.Y.Sup.Ct. 1995) - censorship
Inset Systems v. Instruction Set, 937 F.Supp. 161 (D. Conn. 1996) - jurisdiction
Insituform Technologies v. National EnviroTech Group, No. 97-2064 (E.D. La. Aug. 8, 1997) - trademark
Karn v. U.S. Department of State, 107 F.3d 923 (D.C.Cir. 1997) (remanding) - encryption
Maritz v. CyberGold, 947 F.Supp. 1328 (E.D. Mo. 1996) - jurisdiction
McVeigh v. Cohen, No. 98-116 (D.D.C. Jan. 26, 1998) - privacy
MTV Networks v. Curry, 867 F.Supp. 202 (S.D.N.Y. 1994) - domain names
National Basketball Association v. Motorola (2d Cir. Jan. 30, 1997) - copyright
New York Times Co. v. United States, 403 U.S. 713, 714 (1971) (per curiam) - encryption
Playboy v. Frena, 839 F.Supp. 1552 (M.D. Fla. 1993) - copyright
Pres-Kap v. System One Direct Access, 636 So.2d 1351 (Fla.D.Ct.App. 1994) - jurisdiction
ProCD v. Zeidenberg, 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. June 20, 1996) - software licensing
Religious Technology Center v. Netcom On-Line Communications Service, 907 F.Supp. 1361 (N.D. Cal. 1995) - copyright
Reno v. ACLU, 117 S.Ct. 2329 (1997) - censorship
Sega Enterprises v. Maphia, 948 F.Supp. 923 (1996) - copyright
State of Minnesota v. Granite Gate Resorts, No. C6-97-89 (Minn.Ct.App. Sept. 5, 1997) - jurisdiction
Steve Jackson Games v. U.S. Secret Service, 36 F.3d 457 (5th Cir. 1994) - privacy
Tasini v. New York Times Co., 972 F.Supp. 804 (S.D.N.Y. 1997) - copyright
United States v. Baker, 890 F.Supp. 1375 (E.D.Mich. 1995) - e-mail
Zeran v. America On-Line, No. 97-1523 (4th Cir. Nov. 12, 1997) - defamation
Zippo Manufacturing Co. v. Zippo Dot Com, 952 F.Supp. 1119 (W.D. Pa. 1997) - jurisdiction
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Read First: Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP) - adopted by ICANN in 1999.
Cases solved using UDRP by WIPO Arbitration and Mediation Center:
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Reuters Limited v Global Net 2000, Inc - reuters.com
Gordon Sumner, p/k/a Sting v Michael Urvan - sting.com
Microsoft Corporation v. Microsof.com aka Tarek Ahmed -microsof.com
United States Olympic Committee (USOC) v. Tri B-U-N Eco. Project- olympiconlinestore.com
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Copland vs United Kingdom (privacy, interception phone calls, emails and Internet traffic) - 3 April 2007
