From the european persepective the issues of copyright and E-commerce are being addressed in two EEC directives which are plodding their legislative progress at the moment. Not all will agree with the thrust, which may in some cases alleviate ISP's liabilities. I am supposed to be reviewing both for a composer organisation and may be back to post in more detail on this. Those who want to dig the stuff out should seek the E-Commerce directive and the COpyright directive, aka reprography directive (both drafts). I am having them push-delivered to me but I expect they are on the EEC site.