Even within the U.S., different regulations apply to the provision of specific types of traffic. Rules affecting content Laws affecting content seek to safeguard societal interests and national security, with obscenity laws and prohibition of seditious speech, or to protect private rights, such as copyright. Trading considerations are also present, such as European requirements for a minimum percentage of European-origin broadcasting, partly to protect domestic industries. Standards on obscenity and the depiction of violence differ from country to country, and even from state to state. Tenn. The operators were convicted on federal charges of transmitting obscene images across state lines.
Private rights affecting content are important to Internet service providers and users.
The scope and duration of these rights vary, as do their effectiveness in specific circumstances. Confidentiality and trade secrets. The protection of confidential information may be distinct from protection of a trade secret, or, as in England and some other jurisdictions, trade secrets may be protected as confidential information. Both require that the information is kept secret, which can be difficult on the Internet. Multi-jurisdiction Internet operation lacks unfair competition restrictions.