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IP: European Law Seen As Grave Threat To E-Commerce
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 20:31:11 -0400
Sounds like the alternative is pretty bad. I buy something and end up having to sue in some little coutry where the company is "based". What are rational alternatives ? Dave http://news.excite.com/news/r/990910/13/net-eu?printstory=1 European Law Seen As Grave Threat To E-CommerceUpdated 1:02 PM ET September 10, 1999By Andrew Osborn BRUSSELS (Reuters) - A draft European Union law would seriously stunt the growth of electronic commerce and could lead to a damaging trade dispute with the United States, industry experts and analysts say. The legislation, if finalized, would allow disgruntled Internet shoppers to sue e-commerce firms in their own national courts regardless of whether the company had actively sought to sell its product in the consumer's country or not. At the moment, unhappy online shoppers can often only seek redress in the country where the e-business is based. But, provided the offending company's Web site could be seen in the EU, an e-commerce firm could, in the future, find itself facing lawsuits in any one of the 15 countries. ...
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