Useful Links for Hosting Liability

FE/HE Institutions and Liability for Third Party Provided Content (UK)
A JISC Legal paper written by Gavin Sutter June 2003
http://www.jisclegal.ac.uk/publications/thirdpartycontent.htm

DTI (BERR) Consultation Responses on Liability of Hyperlinkers, Location Tool Services and Content Aggregators (UK)
This DTI consultation investigating proposals to extend the limitation of liability allowed to hyperlinkers, location tool services and content aggregators focuses on Articles 12-14 of the Electronic Commerce Directive. It was published in December 2006 and is available on the BERR website at: http://www.berr.gov.uk/consultations/page13985.html
(10/01/07)

Internet and E-mail Policies (UK)
If you are looking for an Internet and E-mail Policy then the guides on the OUT-LAW website are a useful starting point . A user login is required and registration is free:http://www.out-law.com/page-2
(13/07/05)

Harvard Law School on ISP Liability (US)
A hypothetical case of ISP liability produced by the Harvard Law School.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/metaschool/fisher/ISP/overview.html

Holding Internet Service Providers Accountable (US)
Full text article by D. Lichtman and E.Posner of the University Of Chicago Law School, written July 2004
http://papers.ssrn.com/soL3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=573502

Online Information Provider Liability for Copyright Infringement: Potential Pitfalls and Solutions (US)
Full text of an article by Michael L. Siegel, published in the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology [4 Va. J.L. & Tech.7 (Fall 1999)]
http://www.vjolt.net/vol4/issue/v4i2a7-siegel.html

An overview of ISP Liability in the USA (US)
This report has been extracted from BitLaw - an Internet resource on technology law, patent, copyright, trademark, and Internet legal issues. BitLaw was created by Daniel A. Tysver, a partner with the intellectual property law firm of Beck & Tysver.
http://www.bitlaw.com/internet/isp.html

EDUCAUSE / Cornell Institute for Computer Policy and Law - sample policies (US)
The EDUCAUSE Information Resources Library includes a collection of policies from the education sector. It includes example policies on acceptable use, copyright, data retention, e-mail, licensing, security and general use of the web.
http://www.educause.edu/browse/647

Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) (US)
The EFF is a lobbying organisation which campaigns for consumer rights and monitors cases and legislative changes relevant to the sphere of digital technologies.
http://www.eff.org/

 

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Posted on 28/01/2009