Domain Names Every Internet site has an IP address. This is represented in characters and numbers. In the early days of the Internet, search engines focused mainly on domain names. Domain names are visible Internet addresses, for example, Ireland.com. In the early days of the internet and in the mid to late 1990s cybersquatting became a notorious practice. Persons registered […]
Information to be Provided I Under the Companies Act, companies must identify their company registration number, place of business, registered office and address on all of their websites. An information society service is any service normally provided for remuneration, at a distance, by means of electronic equipment for the processing (including digital compression) and storage of data, and at the […]
Intellectual Property and Information Technology Computer programs and software are protected by the law on copyright. The instructions in the program are set in code or a format which is be read by the computer. Therefore, a program is capable of expression in a written or literary format. An original program, that is the author or programmer’s own creation is […]
Jurisdiction and Crime It is a general principle of criminal law that only offences committed within a state are subject to that state’s criminal law. Generally, an offence must occur within the jurisdiction in order to be subject to the Irish criminal law. In the absence of an indication otherwise, criminal law is presumed to be limited to acts within […]
Jurisdiction and Crime It is a general principle of criminal law that only offences committed within a state are subject to that state’s criminal law. Certain crimes in relation to computer data can apply to actions outside the State which have an effect within the state or vice versa. In this cases, the crimes may be prosecuted in Ireland under […]
Directive on Information Society Services The EU Directive on e-commerce facilitates the sale of goods and supply of services over the internet within the EU. It is designed to contribute to the proper functioning of the internal EU market by ensuring free movement of “information society services” between member states. The Directive covers on-line activity such as on-line information, advertising, […]