The court accepted the company's argument that a portion of federal communications law exempts Internet service providers from liability for actions of third parties -- in this case, dealers that posted auctions for the forged goods.
"They try to do deals within the criminal fraternity, to swap them for drugs or forged goods or whatever, and the new people who take them on realize that they can't do anything with them either," said Mr. Russell, who now works for Art Recovery Limited, a company that helps track down stolen works.
Managers must focus on forging good individual relationships.
In the next few years, people will learn that they can forge good careers and earn great dosh at the same time".
Political experts in India have been openly critical of China's handling of Tibetans' quest for autonomous rule and their desire to preserve an independent culture, while pragmatic about the need to forge good relations with China.
But potential donors remain frustrated by the lack of strong institutions through which to channel aid.Meanwhile, big international organisations are forging good working relations with grassroots movements in the country.
And in comments that will be welcome in this unstable corner of Asia, he promised to forge good relations with Afghanistan's neighbors, despite the interference that experienced from those countries in the last two decades.
At the time Yang was growing up, Taiwan was anxious to forge good diplomatic relations and would distribute the kind of European films that might not oth erwise have been seen there.
While the old guard may maintain power for a while longer, the current generation of Yemeni leaders has, essentially, had its day, and it is prudent policy to forge good relations with the next generation.
Outsiders wanting to do business in Addis Ababa must forge good relations with Mr Meles and his ministers.Similarly, the larger, existing SGI investments in Ethiopia in a coffee-export business, a cement plant and an oil firm are investments in the elite families who run them, with family and personal networks that extend back generations.
