Hosting and Maintenance

This section will tell you the rules of liability for material on the internet.

OUT-LAW Guides (UK law)

• ISP issues
  This guide is intended to provide an overview of some of the issues which face ISPs, VISPs (Virtual ISPs) and web hosts in respect of their day to day business.
• Liability of ISPs for third party material
  Whether you are an ISP, a VISP or a web host or merely providing chat room facilities on your website, there is a risk that you could be liable for material posted by third parties.
• The effect of anti-terrorism laws on ISPs
  A brief overview of how the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act of 2000 affect ISPs.
• ISP and web host conditions (checklist) 
• Maintenance agreements
  Overview of maintenance obligations, updates / technology refresh, renewal and termination.

Recent OUT-LAW News

• Record industry launches new cases, but not in UK
• Swiss government may tap VoIP calls
• US to liberate ICANN by 2009
• Google wins AdWords ruling on US trade mark
• Neither regulators nor law protect net neutrality in Britain, investigation finds

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