Canada

[CA] Publication of a Study on the Liability for Content Circulating on the Internet

IRIS 1997-6:1/3

Ad van Loon

European Audiovisual Observatory

Upon recommendation by the Canadian Information Highway Advisory Council (IHAC), the federal Government of Canada commissioned a study on the liability of owners, operators and users of bulletin boards, Internet and Usenet sites. The study was published in February 1997 and deals with the legal aspects of issues like obscenity, child pornography, hate propaganda, trade-marks infringement, defamation, invasion of privacy, communication of erroneous information, violation of secrecy, unfair competition, copyright infringement, and electronic commerce.