Volume III

Issue : 13: June 30, 2005

• 40 Million Credit Card Accounts Compromised
• U.S. Appeals Court Rules on Californias Financial Privacy Law
• Microsoft Sues Alleged Hotmail Spammer
• New Kentucky Law Attempts to Regulate Internet Pharmacies
• Maryland Court to Decide Whether to Lift Cloak of Anonymity in Internet Defamation Suit
• FTC Issues Report on P2P File Sharing
• Canadian Federal Government Introduces New Copyright Bill
• U.S. Supreme Court Rules in MGM v. Grokster

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New Kentucky Law Attempts to Regulate Internet Pharmacies

The State of Kentucky has recently passed a law designed to regulate Internet pharmacies. The law contains provisions that require Internet pharmacies to be licensed to sell and ship prescription drugs to persons in Kentucky. In order to obtain a licence, the pharmacy must have national certification from the Verified Internet Pharmacy Practice Sites (VIPPS). VIPPS certification requires the pharmacy to accept only prescriptions from a physician who has seen the patient in person and can be a costly process. The law also allows shipping companies to seize any package that is believed to contain a controlled substance being shipped from a non-licensed source. Violations of the law are punishable as a felony with a maximum sentence of 5-10 years.

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