1. Access to public sector information - electronic democracy
1.1. Canada Supreme Court cases available on the web
1.2. EU - Court of Justice and Court of First Instance on line
1.3. Japan Patent Office distributes electronic patent information
2. Competition
2.1. Italy - Communications Authority decision on operators with significant market power
3. Computer crime
3.1. USA Hackers found guilty by federal court of selling stolen calling card numbers
4. Consumer protection
4.1. Australia Internet Sweep reveals most e-commerce sites do not provide basic consumer information
4.2. EU Towards a consumer-oriented new framework for Electronic Communications infrastructure and associated services
4.3. USA FTC issues final rules for protecting childrens privacy online
5. Content of Internet and audio-visual and information services
5.1. USA Parent seeks Internet censorship from public library in order to control her own childs Internet use
6. Convergence of audio-visual, publishing and telecommunications
6.1. Austria - Telecoms regulator requires unbundled access to the local loop
6.2. France ART publishes results on public consultation on internet telephony
6.3. EU Commission refers Belgium to the Court for failure to implement telecommunications legislation
7. Data protection
7.1. Australia Government proposes legislation for the protection of privacy in the private sector
7.2. Italy Publication of decree on minimum security measures for data protection
7.3. USA New medical privacy regulations announced
8. Digital signatures
8.1. ETSI Electronic signature standardisation initiative
8.2. Italy - Publication of rules for the registration of Certification Authorities
8.3. France Digital signature bill unveiled
9. Electronic commerce
9.1. Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce (GBDe) presents recommendations on e-commerce taxation
9.2. OECD Public voice forum on electronic commerce
10. Intellectual property
10.1. USA - Tentative Agreements among ICANN, the U.S. Department of Commerce and NSI on domain name management
10.2. Italy Implementation of EU directive on protection of databases
10.3. Russia Copyright protection to be extended to European sound recordings
11. Legal aspects of security and encryption
11.1. USA Administration relaxes encryption export rules
12. Books, Web sites and Events
12.1. Books
12.2. Web sites
12.3. Events
13. Publisher, Editor and Contributors