| The ineffectiveness of current laws to deal with new
online crimes or conventional crimes committed on-line, is one of the
major issues of concern.
Council of Europe (COE):
Cybercrime
The Council of Europe
Convention
on Cybercrime was opened for signature on 23 November 2001
in Budapest. It is the first international treaty on crimes
committed via the Internet and other computer networks, dealing
particularly with infringements of copyright, computer-related
fraud, child pornography and violations of network security.
The dissemination of racist or
xenophobic content through computer networks poses new challenges
for law enforcement. A coordinated approach for an effective
domestic and international response has been adopted through an
additional Protocol to the Convention of Cybercrime:
Additional
Protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime concerning the
criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed
through computer systems
European
Parliament report on illegal and harmful cyber content: The
European Parliament adopted on 11 April 2002, the Report relating to
the application of the Council Recommendation of 24 September 1998
concerning the protection of minors and human dignity. The
Parliament took up some crucial questions as regards regulation of
illegal and harmful cyber content. The key ideas concern the
importance of associations of access providers and the adoption of codes
of conduct, filtering systems, and the reinforcement of European and
international police co-operation.
US
Department of Justice: Computer
Crime and Intellectual Property Section of the Criminal Division of
the US Department of Justice
Some News on Cybercrime:
Is
Cybercrime Really Underreported? (IDG.net)
ZDNet UK:
Mexico
summit urges anti-piracy action; More
cybercrime laws will be counter-productive, says thinktank
New
York Time Technology
Cybercrime
and Cyber terrorism:
Wired
News: House
Keeps Focus on Cybercrime; Fear
and Lockdown in America
Cybercrime,
which jurisdiction? The Yahoo! Inc. case in France:
Center
for Democracy and Technology - International
Jurisdiction:
Yahoo
v. LICRA
TRIBUNAL
DE GRANDE INSTANCE DE PARIS Ordonnance de référé 22 mai 2000 UEJF
et Licra c/ Yahoo! Inc. et Yahoo France (French)
Programme
in Comparative Media Law & Policy, Oxford University: Fighting
nazi and anti-Semitic material on the Internet: the yahoo! case and
its global implications
The
legal implications of the Yahoo! Inc. nazi memorabilia dispute (French
and English versions)
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