Volume II

Issue : 8: April 15, 2004

• U.S. Broadband Industry May be Forced to Share Following Cable Modem Decision
• UN E-commerce Group Releases Revised Draft Convention on the Use of Data Messages in International Contracts
• Supreme Court of Canada to Hear Criminal Spam Case
• U.S. Senate Bill Introduced to Grant Federal Government Exclusive Regulatory Authority Over VoIP
• U.S. Advocacy Groups Lobby FCC to Protect VoIP from Regulations
• CRTC Releases Preliminary View on VoIP Services
• PGA Tour Wins Battle over the Internet Posting of Real-Time Golf Scores
• British Columbia and Alberta Exempt from PIPEDA
• Canadian Privacy Commissioner's E-kit for Businesses
• Eight European Nations Fail to Implement the E-Privacy Directive
• Google Mail Alleged to Violate European Privacy Laws
• Florida Court Orders RIAA to Bring Individual Suits against Alleged File Swappers
• Federal Government Called Upon to Ban Internet Pharmacies
• Internet Pharmacy Sues Health Canada

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Federal Government Called Upon to Ban Internet Pharmacies

Opponents of Internet pharmacies also stepped up the battle over drug re-importation recently. Six Canadian health care groups, including the Canadian Treatment Action Council and the Canadian Hemophilia Society, called on the federal government last week to ban Internet pharmacies, claiming that Canadians will face drug shortages and higher prices as a result of such pharmacies.

On a related note, Eli Lilly and Co. of Indianapolis announced that it would now be reviewing all orders for Lilly products placed by Internet drug retailers with Lilly-authorized wholesalers before the sale is authorized. According to Lilly, this will enable it to more closely track cross-border flow of its drugs and thereby guarantee adequate supply in Canada.

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