SIDN,the company behind .NL,announced that information about legal cases concerning the responsabilities of Internet intermediaries has been added to the Domjur.nl website,a website that will publish from now on case law relating to Dutch domain name disputes .
You can read the announcement after the jump :"Information about legal cases concerning the responsibilities of internet intermediaries has been added to domjur.nl, the website that publishes case law relating to Dutch domain namedomain name
A domain name is a name within the Domain Name System (DNS), the system for identifying networks, computers, web servers, mail servers and other applications on the internet by name. disputes. The topics addressed now include ‘notice and take down’, the responsibility of a forum manager, and a possible duty to block access to certain websites. Domjur.nl is a joint initiative by SIDN, the company behind .nl, and TILT, an institute within Tilburg University. The website’s expansion offers lawyers specialising in this field, internet users and intermediaries a comprehensive overview of case law about these rapidly developing topics.
Internet intermediaries
Internet intermediaries form the link between the person placing information on the internet and those reading or using this information. The term ‘internet intermediary’ covers mainly internet service providers, particularly hosting service providers. However, it can also refer to the manager of a search engine, an online marketplace, a domain name registryregistry
A registry is an organisation that administers a TLD. For example, SIDN is the registry for the .nl TLD, and VeriSign is the registry for .com. The registry administers the registrations of all the domain names within the relevant TLD. It is also responsible for the stability of the TLD. As well as registering and issuing domain names, the registry makes it possible for internet users all over the world to use those names at any time. , a cache or access provideraccess provider
An organisation that provides internet access for its clients. Many access providers provide other services as well, such as e-mail, web hosting and spam filtering. or the distributor of P2P software. The newly added collection of case law relates to the question of what responsibility an intermediary has in relation to unlawful or criminal content that has been placed by a third party. The information sheds light on questions such as whether the intermediary should monitor, take action and remove offending content; merely put a complainant in touch with the party who is responsible for the content, or take no action at all.
Responsibilities
Roelof Meijer, CEO of SIDN: “SIDN attaches great importance to internet security and reliability. That is why we helped to bring in the Notice and Take Down Code in 2008 for example. This code explains what internet intermediaries should do when they receive complaints about apparently illegal or unlawful content. By facilitating the inclusion of information on this topic on the DomJur website, SIDN hopes to help clarify who is responsible for what within the internet industry.”
According to TILT’s DomJur project manager Maurice Schellekens, “TILT’s research and education focuses specifically on the interaction between law, technology and, society. The discussion about the responsibilities of internet intermediaries is an excellent example of such interaction. TILT hopes and anticipates that this addition to Domjur’s website will stimulate and deepen the discussion about responsibilities.”