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Litigation tops list of concerns for digital content companies doing global business

Broadcast | April 16, 2004

The globalization of digital content and business is a growing concern for companies that must now consider their compliance with laws in far-off lands, a new study argues. The report, Global Internet Jurisdiction, prepared by a committee of the American Bar Association under the co-chairmanship of University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist, shows that companies see the risk of litigation as the greatest threat of operating ecom or other businesses across international borders. Industrial and consumer regulations, ecom regulation, taxation and privacy are also top concerns among companies. American companies worry about it the most by a ratio of six to one, and they say that Internet jurisdiction issues are getting worse. Asian and European companies, however, see the situation improving.

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