Archive for July, 2004

Bangladesh Business Wants E-Law

Bangladesh businesses, including subsidiaries of global banks, are calling on the government to establish a digital law to facilitate electronic trading.  

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July 20, 2004 Comments are Disabled News

How Law Can Help Bridge the Digital Divide

Professor Geist’s regular Toronto Star Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, HTML backup article, homepage version) discusses how law can help bridge the digital divide. The column reflects on a recent United Nations sponsored meeting on e-commerce law in Asia which highlighted not only great enthusiasm of the developing world, […]

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July 19, 2004 1 comment Columns

Bridging the digital divide

Global efforts to bridge the technology gap between the developed and developing world focus appropriately on building the capacity of developing countries by providing much needed hardware, software, and skills training. E-commerce development, although a vital global issue, is a long-range goal for those engaged in digital divide work, since […]

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July 18, 2004 Comments are Disabled Columns Archive

Call For Ghana to Tackle Cybercrime

Report on increasing calls for Ghana to respond to growing cybercrime by instituting legislative reforms.  

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July 18, 2004 Comments are Disabled News

Zimbabwe Telco Authority Warns Against VoIP

Report on Zimbabwe’s telecommunications authority warning all unauthorized groups from using VoIP services. see: CAIP v. SOCAN also see: ISPs Free From Paying Royalties for Downloads

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July 18, 2004 Comments are Disabled News