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Findlaw Columnist Calls for Bright-Line Internet Jurisdiction Rules
Posted by Ernest Miller on Tuesday, December 03 @ 01:16:32 EST Governance
Findlaw's Writ publishes what has to be one of the most vacuous commentaries on the Supreme Court of California's recent Pavolvich decision [PDF] finding no personal jurisdiction in a trade secrets case for a Texas resident who posted the allegedly trade secret violating material (DeCSS) to his website (The California DVD Case). After describing the issues in the case, the author concludes that:
In the end, all these comparisons [from the majority and dissent] may be insufficient - the Internet is not really like a library, or a television broadcast, or a toll-free number. And the DVD industry is not really like the auto, financial, or potato industries either. For new media, new rules - including new jurisdictional rules - may have to be devised.
We can only hope the U.S. Supreme Court will step in and help establish some bright-line rules to help the lower courts sort out the vexing jurisdictional issues the Internet raises.
Yep, bright-line jurisdiction rules for the Internet would be great. I'll be holding my breath.
 
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