Online Learning Update Ray Schroeder, editor, OTEL - University of Illinois at Springfield

Bobby Approved (v 3.2)
Monday, June 25, 2001

http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5093109,00.html

Global treaty--threat to the Net?
By Lisa M. Bowman, ZDNN
June 22, 2001 4:33 AM PT

International policy-makers this week ended a round of talks aimed at setting common rules affecting online trade and commerce, but they made little progress in bridging divisions that threaten to delay the pact.

In the works for nearly a decade, the Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments is still almost unknown outside international policy circles. Nevertheless, it could have broad implications for consumers and businesses by setting new rules for online copyrights, free speech and e-commerce--if it is approved....

 



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