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Thailand to Consider E-commerce Law Reform

Thailand’s Electronic Transactions Commission will propose to the Cabinet this month that it revise the Electronic Transaction Act. Thailand recently created an e-transaction agency that will act as a supervisory office in order to boost and promote e-commerce and e-transactions between government, business and the private sector.  

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September 7, 2004 Comments are Disabled News

Ontario Court Confirms PIPEDA Not a Litigation Shield

An Ontario court has denied an attempt to refuse disclosure of information during a discovery process on privacy grounds. Canada’s privacy law contains an exception for compliance with the rules of court relating to the production of information. Case name is Clustercraft Jewellery Manufacturing v. Wygee Holdings.

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September 3, 2004 Comments are Disabled News

Sri Lanka Accuses Ship of Cutting Internet Link

Sri Lankan authorities tried to seize an Indian ship and sought US$5 million in damages, accusing it of breaking the undersea fibre optic cable that connects the tropical island’s main Internet links to the rest of the world. The Indian government and the company that handles the ship denied responsibility.

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September 3, 2004 Comments are Disabled News

Starbucks Employee Fired for Blog

Professor Geist comments on news that a Starbucks in Toronto has fired an employee for maintaining a blog that criticized his supervisor.

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September 3, 2004 Comments are Disabled News

Music Industry Experiences Upswing in CD Sales

Professor Geist comments in the National Post on news that the music industry has experienced an upswing in CD sales in 2004. Responding to claims that the improvement is due in part to reduced file sharing, Professor Geist notes that a more likely reason is that the industry is responding […]

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September 3, 2004 Comments are Disabled News