In Germany, two interesting decisions have been taken concerning publishing information on blogs and also on Wikipedia, the famous “open” enciclopedia that everybody can contribute to. The Court of Appeal of Munich (verdict 515/12, 10 May 2012) has ordained that providing info on Wikipedia can be seen as business if it consists of providing info […]
Category Archives: Internet & domains
New domains: who can oppose registration
As stated previously, the first phase for sending the application requests for the first level domain names ended last March. In June, the ICANN has published on the institutional website the over 2000 requests it received and many of these have chosen general words (.academy, .shop, etc.). Therefore a second phase for this procedure started […]
Court of Florence: responsibility of providers
The D. Lgs. 70/2003 (Dir. 2000/31/CE) deals with the responsibility of Internet providers distinguishing among: “Access provider” when they merely transmit information and do not take part in any way in choosing the content, such as what a telephone line manager does; “caching provider” when they temporarily memorize information that circulates in the internet; and […]
Relationships between eBay and retailers are clear
In response to a quarrel occurred between an online retailer and eBay, where the retailer’s account used to sell was deactivated, Catanzaro’s Court of Law intervened by ordering eBay to reactivate the account, while clarifying certain cornerstones in the contractual relationship between the two. These considerations were known already, but were never highlighted in such […]