Volume III

Issue : 10: May 19, 2005

• International Cooperation Yields Conviction of Internet Software Pirates
• Google Hopes to Patent News Search Technology
• United States Supreme Court Opens Door to Direct Sale Wineries
• U.S. Court of Appeals Denies FCC Jurisdiction Over "Broadcast Flag" Technology
• Bill to Strengthen FTCs Powers to Fight Spy Ware
• Washington State Licenses Internet Gambling Operations
• CRTC Releases VoIP Decision

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CRTC Releases VoIP Decision

The much anticipated decision of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ("CRTC") regarding the regulation of telephone services using Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") was released last week. The CRTC determined that it would regulate VoIP when provided and used as a local telephone service but not when it solely resides on the Internet as a peer-to-peer VoIP service. Matters considered as part of the CRTC decision include: the registration of VoIP resellers, access to numbers and local number portability, directory listings, equal access, win backs, message relay service, privacy safeguards, tariff filing requirements and contribution-eligible services.

For additional information, visit:

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/NEWS/RELEASES/2005/r050512.htm

For a copy of the decision, visit:

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2005/dt2005-28.pdf

For a copy of the latest FCC decision requiring VoIP providers to make 9-1-1 services available, visit:

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-258818A1.doc