Volume II

Issue : 12: June 10, 2004

• Plaintiff Uses PIPEDA to Argue against the Admissibility of Video Surveillance
• RCMP Charges Mississauga Teen Spammer
• British Columbia Privacy Commissioner Launches Patriot Act Probe
• New Bill Enables Import and Online Purchases of Pharmaceutical Drugs
• RIAA Files 493 More Lawsuits against File Sharers
• New York Applies Telephone Regulation to VoIP
• Australian Court Sets Important Privacy Law Precedent
• CDRP Panellist Declines to Transfer .Ca Domain Name In default Case
• Ontario Court of Appeal Finds Online Defamation Warrants Increased Damages

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New York Applies Telephone Regulation to VoIP

On May 21, 2004, the New York State Public Service Commission issued its ruling that Vonage Holdings Corporation, which provides telephone-like services using voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), is subject to regulation by the Commission as a telephone corporation. The Commission's ruling is based on its finding that Vonage owns and manages telecommunications equipment used to connect its customers to customers of other telephone corporations via their public networks. The extent of the actual regulatory regime that will apply to VoIP has not been determined, although it is contemplated that the regime will be minimized so as not to interfere with the rapid, widespread deployment of VoIP technology, while at the same time ensuring the reliability of telecommunications networks.

For a copy of the ruling, visit:

http://shorl.com/distegrifydropra

For additional information, visit:

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