Andreas Grosche

Latest publications:

• Chapter on the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms and EU law in: Capitant/Sommermann, Actualité du Droit Public Comparé en France et en Allemagne, Volume 17, Université de Paris 1 Sorbonne/CNRS 2009.
  
• Software Patents: Boon or Bane for Europe?, International Journal of LAW AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, doi: 10.1093/ijlit/eai031.
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Current issues of IT law...

	Creative Commons Licence validated in Amsterdam court.
	Research In Motion (RIM) settles patent litigation with NTP Inc. for US$612.5 million.
	U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit applies Betamax rule to the peer-to-peer age (PDF). Commentary by Edward Felten and Cory Doctorow.
	Munich District Court finds GPL enforceable (PDF).
	DeCSS: Jon Johansen's acquittal on all counts confirmed on prosecution's appeal.
	Eldred v. Ashcroft: U.S. Supreme Court rejects challenge (Lessig) of "Sonny Bono" Copyright Term Extension Act (Breyer & Stevens dissenting).
	ElcomSoft acquitted of copyright charges under the DMCA.
	Creative Commons (chaired by Lawrence Lessig) launches its Licensing Project.
	US Congress: CBDTPA bill to make "Digital Rights Management" compulsory in Consumer Electronics devices.
	France adopts new LSQ "daily security" law with last-minute amendments, severely restricting privacy, civil liberties and cryptography, while considerable doubt subsists as to its constitutionality, as asserts NGOs' Open Letter to the French parliament.
	"PATRIOT Act of 2001" (Provide Approriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism), "Terrorism Bill" (formerly known as "ATA") recommended by US House of Representatives Commitee on the Judiciary to be signed into law ("USA") despite constitutionality concerns.
	European Council adopts counter-terrorism framework (PDF) while NGOs' Open Letter calls for restraint in revoking privacy and civil liberties.
	Third draft of German telecommunications surveillance bill with annotations by the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology.
	The controversy on software patents: Sites of the European Patent Office and their critics.
	New French "Liberty of Communication" law of June 28, 2000 introduces compulsory identification prior to any exercise of the right to free speech on-line, hence forces "Free Web Hosting" providers with no commercial interest out of their non-profit "business".
	Coverage of the DVD trials by the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Campaign for Audiovisual Free Expression.
	Banking smart card cracked? Security of French Carte Bleue system allegedly compromised. Serge Humpich sentenced to 10 months on probation: Coverage of the trial. - Summary in English.
	The Somm Case: Former German CompuServe chairman acquitted.
	United States of America v. Microsoft Corporation: The Findings of Fact -  Five years later: Comments on the case by Andrew Chin
	"Freedom for Links" - A German site for citizens' rights at the frontiers of Cyberspace.
	Changes to telecommunications law voted by French parliament on May 27, 1999 in response to Altern.org affair (reviewed below). "Site des étudiants étrangers" has come back on-line on these news.
	Vote against SPAM: The European on-line petition.
	French "Free Web Hosting" provider ALTERN.ORG held responsible for more than 300.000 FRF in damages by Paris Court of Appeals for illicit content uploaded without his knowledge by a user. Comments by Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs and Citizens' Rights .
	"Author Profiling" - Enter your name to see if "Big Brother" is logging you:
	(See the Deja News "Policies" page for their position on Usenet Privacy.)
	Chain Letters - an illegal nuisance.
	WIPO press release No. 106 on the Diplomatic Conference on Certain Copyright and Neighboring Rights Questions.
	The HRRC's comments on the results of the Diplomatic Conference.
	PC-ONLiNE - NetLaw (1996-2000 archive of German Q&A by Tobias H. Strömer.)

These links are legal... ;-)

• The 'Lectric Law Library (TM).
  • The Rotunda (Index page).
  • Lawyer joke of the day (and many more for download).
• Legal dot Net.
• Internet Legal Resource Guide.
• American Bar Association.
• Nolo Press: Law Center.
  • Nolo's Favorite Lawyer Jokes.
• Deutsche Gesetze (an on-line library of German law).
• Juristische Fakultät der Uni Heidelberg.
• Juristische Fakultät der Uni Tübingen.
• Juristisches Internetprojekt Saarbrücken.

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