Volume III

Issue : 4: February 24, 2005

• Canadian Federal Court of Appeal Issues Judgment in Privacy Case (Englander v. Telus)
• Online Information Broker Sued for Failing to Protect Confidential Database
• New Zealand Restaurant Fined for Out-of-Date Menu Information on its Website
• Canadian Competition Bureau Sweeps Internet for Scams and Spam
• First SPIM Arrest
• Court Finds Jury Members Should not Use Internet for Coming to Decisions
• Dutch Court Prohibits Web-based Gambling
• Motion Picture Association of American Shuts Down File-Swapping Site
• Record Fine for DJ's MP3 Piracy
• Washington State Court Denies AOL Choice of Jurisdiction Clause
• EU Parliament Rejects Proposed Law on Software Patents
• Canadian Federal Government Publishes Its Secure Electronic Signature Regulations
• Lawsuit Alleges eBay's Bidding Practices are Illegal

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Dutch Court Prohibits Web-based Gambling

The Dutch Supreme Court has upheld a ban by a lower court that prohibited the Hilton owned Ladbrokes from offering web-based gambling services in the Netherlands. In order to curb gambling, the Netherlands has implemented a stringent licensing system whereby only organizations with special permits can offer gambling services. Ladbrokes does not have a permit and offers its services through the Internet and via call centres operated outside the Netherlands. The Dutch court said Ladbrokes must now deny access to consumers with a Dutch Internet Protocol (IP) address, by blocking their IP addresses.

For a copy of the decision (in Dutch), visit:
http://ladbrokesdecision.notlong.com