Volume I

Issue : 5: September 4, 2003

• U.S. Court of Appeals (9th Cir.) Asserts Jurisdiction over Online Retailer
• Court Limits Extraterritoriality of the U.S. Copyright Act
• Amazon.com Launches Lawsuits in U.S. and Canada to Stop Spoofing
• Property and Trade Secret Rights Outrank Free Speech Rights in DVD Copying Code Case
• Parties To Litigation Do Not Hold Copyrights Over Examination for Discovery Transcripts
• U.S. Court of Appeals Upholds Statutory Damages for Domain Registered Prior to the Enactment of ACPA
• Major U.S. ISP EarthLink Sues John Doe Spammers in B .C. and Alabama
• Defence of Misuse Extended to Suppression of Criticism in Copyright
• Online Broadcasters Sue Recording Industry (RIAA)
• Sixth Circuit Court Strikes Down Michigan Wine Law as Unconstitutional
• Saskatchewan Court of Appeal Upholds Criminal Conviction For Online Marketing Scheme
• U.S. First - North Dakota Prosecutes a Man for Gambling on the Internet
• U.S. Appeals Court (9th Cir.) Rules Massively Overbroad Subpoena For E-Mails Led to Privacy Violation

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U.S. First - North Dakota Prosecutes a Man for Gambling on the Internet

Jeffrey Trauman of Harwood, North Dakota plead guilty on August 11, 2003 to a misdemeanor offense of online gambling and became the first player to be prosecuted for online gambling in the United States. In North Dakota, gambling is illegal unless it is in a tribal casino or for sanctioned charities. Any bet over $25 is an infraction and any bet over $500 is a misdemeanor.

Trauman, who had quit his job as a car salesman to become a professional gambler, was apparently unaware of this law and reported his gambling income on his tax returns. The Court ordered Trauman to pay a $500 administrative fee and handed out a deferred imposition of sentence, which puts Trauman on unsupervised probation.

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