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<b>Analysis:</b> Courts Still Not Sure How to Handle Internet

While the legal and jurisdictional implications are important, the Internet considerations highlight the complexity associated with the online world and geographic borders. For the majority of the court, the combination of the expert panel evidence and the decision by the French court to limit its restrictions to French users yielded the view that offline geographic borders can be applied to the Internet.

8 minute read February 03, 2006 at 11:21 AM
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Michael Geist
<b>Analysis:</b> Courts Still Not Sure How to Handle Internet

[Editor's Note: The following analysis of the Yahoo! case comes from an entry on Internet Law & Strategy Board of editors member Michael Geist's blawg. Michael is the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law.

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