E-Law Review Issue 9

Contents:

Editorial

Features

Caveat Uploader. Recent Developments in Cyberspace Jurisdiction
by Lilian Edwards
This article reports on the recent internet libel jurisdiction case of Dow Jones v Gutnick [2002] HCA 56 and analyses the implications for website publishers and questions the global liability for online communications.

The Whitelaw Case
by Paul Motion
This article discusses the non-conviction of Stephen Whitelaw in Paisley Sheriff Court in February 2003 for child pornography offences. Whitelaw was charged with being knowingly concerned in the fradulent evasion of a prohibition on the importation of obscene articles, or an alternative charge of possessing indescent photographs of children. Whitelaw's defence was that the material was intended for the database of files created by his firm to help companies combat inappropriate use of the internet by staff.

High Crimes and Misdemeanours: Breaking the Code of E-Books and DVDs
by Iain G Mitchell QC
Discusses the decisions of the Californian and Norwegian criminal courts, in December 2002 and January 2003 respectively, not to convict of any offences those two heroes of cyber-freedom, Johansen and Sklyarov. Each was on trial for having cracked technological protection devices for, again respectively, the Adobe E-Book and the DeCSS system for DVDs.

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