January 2002 Articles

    • EBay and Yahoo! claim – but fail – to block Nazi auctions

      18 Jan 2004

      According to a report by Newsbytes, auction site eBay has said that it will comply with a request from the German Government to block Nazi memorabilia from its US-based web site. However, the ban does not appear to be entirely effective.

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    • SEC launches bogus sites to educate about scams

      31 Jan 2002

      The US Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday announced its launch of a series of web sites designed to warn investors who rush into investment opportunities on the internet without fully investigating the offers.

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    • Kodak caves in to customers over pricing error

      31 Jan 2002

      Following the filing of a lawsuit in England this week over its refusal to honour recent on-line orders for cameras, Kodak has thrown in the towel. The company has now agreed to fulfil the orders originally placed for its DX3700 camera which was advertised...

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    • .Coop domain is launched

      31 Jan 2002

      Registration under the new .coop top-level domain (TLD) opened yesterday to all co-operatives worldwide. The domain name, being available to a relatively narrow market, received only around 4,100 advance reservation, considerably fewer than the other...

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    • Ford appeals embarrassing hyperlink case

      31 Jan 2002

      The Ford Motor Company is appealing a case it lost to 2600 Enterprises, publishers of a hacker magazine, over the domain name FuckGeneralMotors.com which is used to direct traffic to the web site of Ford.com.

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    • Ford loses embarrassing hyperlink case

      30 Jan 2002

      Ford has lost a case which it brought in an attempt to stop the domain name FuckGeneralMotors.com directing internet traffic to its own web site at Ford.com. The case is being seen as a classic example of a domain name dispute which should have been ignored....

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    • Slavery of Sex.com damages

      30 Jan 2002

      Stephen Cohen, an ex-convict and former owner of the domain name sex.com, has come out of obscurity to argue before a US court that an award against him of $65 million in damages payable to the name's current owner, amounts to slavery, in violation of...

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    • Regulation of e-money issuers in the UK

      30 Jan 2002

      The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is proposing a new regulatory regime for e-money issuers. It has released a consultation document and is seeking responses by 13th February 2002. The proposals are based on the requirements of EU Directives on electronic...

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    • Kodak sued over pricing error

      30 Jan 2002

      Kodak is being sued in England over a recent pricing error which resulted in cameras being displayed on Kodak.com at £100 instead of £329. The action is being taken on behalf of customers whose orders were confirmed by the web site and subsequently...

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    • Draft electronic signature regulations in UK

      29 Jan 2002

      The UK Government has launched a new consultation on electronic signatures following its failure to meet the EU's July 2001 deadline for implementation of the Electronic Signatures Directive. The Department of Trade and Industry has released draft regulations...

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