According to a recent article in InternetNews.com, Amazon has secured the (US) patent for user generated on-site product reviews. So is this the beginning of the end for sites like the Guardian’s user generated travel site, BeenThere , epinions and… Continue Reading
A couple of days ago I blogged about the lawsuit filed against match.com, the online dating site, alleging that the site used employees as "date bait". This story seems to have exploded onto the web with google showing 94,000 results… Continue Reading
Match.com , one of the largest online dating sites, has been accused in a California lawsuit of using their staff as date bait. The service, which charges about £17 a month, guarantees you’ll “find someone special within 6 months”. And… Continue Reading
Last week I wrote that a court in British Columbia, Canada worryingly asserted jurisdiction over the alleged libel of a Canadian man by a US based newspaper website. Now the High Court in Canada has gone against this ruling and… Continue Reading
A preliminary programme for Cyberspace 2005 in Brno, Czech Republic (7-8 November 2005) is now available online. It looks like registration for the two day conference is 19 euros with accomodation available for an additional 17 euros per night. That… Continue Reading
What happens when a newspaper based in America posts on their website a potentially defamatory article about someone in another country? They get sued in that other country… GlobeandMail.com reports that the Supreme Court of British Columbia has asserted jurisdiction… Continue Reading
The fellowship is designed for recent law graduates or Ph.Ds who are interested in careers in teaching and public service in any of the following areas: Internet and telecommunications law, first amendment law, media studies, intellectual property law, access to… Continue Reading
David Kesmodel of the Wall Street Journal Online writes today about the growing number of American websites where patients post reviews, often anonymously, about the medical care they’ve received: Doctors have long accepted that their patients share opinions about the… Continue Reading
The Washington Post reports that "The increasingly common law enforcement tactic of having adult officers pose as children in Internet chat rooms to arrest potential sex offenders came under legal attack yesterday when Maryland’s highest court ruled that the law… Continue Reading
Last week I spent a few hours browsing the shelves at the University of Hertfordshire’s law library. Most of the books on Internet Law are heavy on copyright, contract law, malicious hacking and the data protection act. Very few give… Continue Reading