Fear of Blogging
am 20.05.2005 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. The German blog scene fears restrictive measures that Austria has already enacted. Effective July 1, 2005, any person publishing anything on the Internet in Austria will need to place identifying information on the web site. German law is less restrictive at this time and leaves bloggers and non-commercial writers some wiggle room. Simons Blawg offers a number of useful links and tongue-in-cheek observations on things to come.Apparently, Europe is resting on its data protection laurels and believes that the release of private information on web sites helps the consumer--the same consumer whom Europe requires to throw identification data to the sharks.By contrast, U.S. Secret Service director Ralph Basham called on industry and governments …
Video Blogging
Handakte WebLAWg / Weve got a vlog. Or is it Vlawg? In any event, in addition to hearing MIPTC posts on your iPod...…
Future of Legal Blogging
Handakte WebLAWg / - Introduction - What is the current landscape for legal blogging? - What are the three biggest benefits of blogging for lawyers? - Should every lawyer and law firm have a blog? - Is blogging wildly over-hyped? - What makes a legal blog successful or…
Unfree Deutsche Welle
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. German news group Deutsche Welle broadcasts world-wide and currently sponsors a blog contest called BOBs where DW proclaims its status as a champion of free speech and a free press. Free speech in its home country has suffered…
Stop the Impressum Craze
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The Supreme Court in Karlsruhe displayed common sense when it scrutinized the scope of statutory obligations to publish identifying information on certain web sites. On July 20, 2006, it rebuffed the pixel pickiness expressed…
Diet Targets Privacy
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. On January 18, 2007, the Berlin parliament approved a draft statute, Telemediengesetz, to replace current statutes governing Internet and media activities. Among provisions supposedly beneficial to consumers are rehashed priva…
Access to Data at ISP
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Piercing the layers of personal data protection in Germany, and much of the European Union, depends on the statute that applies to the origin, type and location of data. Generally, the law of personal information is person-cen…
Go Phish: Fax, EMail, Europe
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. While the new Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005, S. 714, enables spammers to freely contact those who publish fax numbers on the internet, see proposed 47 USC §227(b)(1)(C)(ii)(II), Europe makes spammers even happier with i…
Data Protection Commissioner
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The German federal data protection office has a new website. The English version explains: The data protection commissioner of each land is your interlocutor if you are dealing with privacy issues in the administrations of the…
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