Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of statutes
- 1 The law of electronic commerce
- 2 The rule of cyberspace
- 3 Electronic commerce and the law of contract
- 4 Shrinkwrap, clickwrap and browsewrap contracts
- 5 Electronic signatures
- 6 Copyright issues in electronic commerce
- 7 Electronic commerce – trade marks, patents and circuit layouts
- 8 Domain names
- 9 Domain name disputes
- 10 Uniform domain name dispute resolution policies
- 11 Jurisdiction in cyberspace
- 12 Defamation in cyberspace
- 13 Privacy and data protection in cyberspace
- 14 Electronic mail and online presence
- 15 National electronic surveillance
- 16 Cybercrime
- 17 Evidence of electronic records
- 18 Censorship – Broadcast and online content regulation
- 19 An international perspective
- Appendix A Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000
- Appendix B UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
- Appendix C Selected provisions Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
- Appendix D ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
- Appendix E .au Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP)
- Appendix F National Privacy Principles
- Index
Appendix B - UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Table of Cases
- Table of statutes
- 1 The law of electronic commerce
- 2 The rule of cyberspace
- 3 Electronic commerce and the law of contract
- 4 Shrinkwrap, clickwrap and browsewrap contracts
- 5 Electronic signatures
- 6 Copyright issues in electronic commerce
- 7 Electronic commerce – trade marks, patents and circuit layouts
- 8 Domain names
- 9 Domain name disputes
- 10 Uniform domain name dispute resolution policies
- 11 Jurisdiction in cyberspace
- 12 Defamation in cyberspace
- 13 Privacy and data protection in cyberspace
- 14 Electronic mail and online presence
- 15 National electronic surveillance
- 16 Cybercrime
- 17 Evidence of electronic records
- 18 Censorship – Broadcast and online content regulation
- 19 An international perspective
- Appendix A Electronic Transactions (Victoria) Act 2000
- Appendix B UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce
- Appendix C Selected provisions Copyright Act 1968 (Cth)
- Appendix D ICANN Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)
- Appendix E .au Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP)
- Appendix F National Privacy Principles
- Index
Summary
Part one. Electronic commerce in general
Chapter I. General provisions
Article 1. Sphere of application*
This Law** applies to any kind of information in the form of a data message used in the context*** of commercial**** activities.
*The Commission suggests the following text for States that might wish to limit the applicability of this Law to international data messages:
‘This Law applies to a data message as defined in paragraph (1) of article 2 where the data message relates to international commerce.’
**This Law does not override any rule of law intended for the protection of consumers.
***The Commission suggests the following text for States that might wish to extend the applicability of this Law:
‘This Law applies to any kind of information in the form of a data message, except in the following situations: […].’
****The term ‘commercial’ should be given a wide interpretation so as to cover matters arising from all relationships of a commercial nature, whether contractual or not.
Relationships of a commercial nature include, but are not limited to, the following transactions: any trade transaction for the supply or exchange of goods or services; distribution agreement; commercial representation or agency; factoring; leasing; construction of works; consulting; engineering; licensing; investment; financing; banking; insurance; exploitation agreement or concession; joint venture and other forms of industrial or business cooperation; carriage of goods or passengers by air, sea, rail or road.
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- The Law of Electronic Commerce , pp. 357 - 364Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009
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