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27 May 1999
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* E-Commerce Law Week, Issue 53 *
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Week Ending May 22, 1999
E-commerce Law Week is a free newsletter published by Stewart Baker
and
Team Crypto of Steptoe &
Johnson LLP.
- The House Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade
recently held a hearing on which focused on H.R. 850 (the SAFE Act).
Although more than two thirds of the subcommittee support the bill,
it
may face a more difficult treatment in the full Committee -- whose
Chairman, Rep. Ben Gilman (R-NY), is strongly opposed to the
legislation.
- Controversy has amassed over the ICANN's proposed vote on whether
or
not to adopt some or all of the World Intellectual Property
Organization's ("WIPO's") recommendations regarding the handling of
domain name disputes. Critics argue that voting now on these
proposals
would not only undermine the United States' White Paper on the
Management
of Internet Domain Names, but also ICANN's own Bylaws.
- Despite a bi-partisan amendment effort, the Senate Y2K litigation
bill
(S.96), was once again derailed by politics. A recent motion
to proceed
with debate on the legislation was seven votes shy of the 60 needed.
Progress is not expected until sometime this summer.
- (to view please visit
www.steptoe.com/webdoc.nsf/files/DoddAmend/$file/DoddAmend.htm)Text
of
Dodd (and others) Amendment No. 298.
- (to view please visit
www.steptoe.com/webdoc.nsf/files/s96predodd/$file/s96preDodd.htm)Text
of
S. 96: Y2K Act.
- The European Parliament recently approved a proposed resolution
which
provides for the lawful interception of new communications
technologies
(i.e., Internet or E-mail communications). The resolution would
put in
place requirements for ISPs to provide real-time monitoring
capabilities
and to maintain traffic and communications data.
- Georgetown University Professor Mary Culnan released a draft report
on
the website privacy policy survey she has been conducting for the
Federal
Trade Commission. The final report should be presented to the
FTC in the
near future.
- (to view please visit
www.steptoe.com/webdoc.nsf/files/GUprivacyreport/$file/GUprivacyreport.pdf)
Text of privacy report.
Visit
http://www.steptoe.com/WebDoc.nsf/Law++The+Net-All/All
for details
on these stories and more.
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encryption,
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