Volume IV

Issue : 2: January 26, 2006

• Importation Held to Infringe Copyright Despite the Absence of Initial Infringement
• Nevada Court Rules Google Cache Feature Constitutes "Fair Use"
• Google Resists U.S. Government Motion to Compel Disclosure of Search Information
• Yahoo Loses Nazi Memorabilia Free Speech Case
• Ontario Court Finds Collaboration Necessary to Facilitate Document Production in the Electronic Age
• U.K. Plans to Host Global Online Gambling Summit
• Korea Will Not Prosecute Personal Downloaders
• Australian Online Bookie First to Get Licence
• Utah Fines B.C. Based Pornography Website
• California Court of Appeal Upholds Microsoft Class Action Settlement
• Alberta Court of Appeal Asserts that Corporations Cannot Hide Behind Privacy Laws
• U.S. Patent Office Upholds Microsofts File System Patents
• Sony Obtains $6 Million in Statutory Damages for Mod Chip Sales

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U.K. Plans to Host Global Online Gambling Summit

After introducing the Gambling Act last year in order to modernize Britain’s 40-year-old gambling laws via a new regulatory framework, criticisms from opposition politicians and welfare groups warned of gambling addiction and crime amid liberalization. As part of its efforts to regulate the rapidly growing online gambling industry, and help protect children from gaining access to the sites, Britain intends to hold a global online gambling summit this year. The spokesman for the U.K. Department for Culture, Media and Sport has said they “want to initiate a discussion about problem areas which include protection of children, advertising, money laundering and criminal infiltration.” Online casinos and poker rooms have formed a market valued at up to $12 billion a year globally.

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