CyberLaw Blog

Archive for June 26th, 2008

RIAA Must Pay Defendant’s Legal Fees: “The music industry lobbying group is told to cough up $108,000 to cover Tanya Andersen’s legal costs after she beats an RIAA file sharing lawsuit.

(Via Wired News.)

ICANN approves customized top-level domains: “

Don’t like .com? How about .thispagerocks?

ICANN, the organization that oversees internet addresses, will soon allow anyone to apply for his very own generic top-level domain (gTLD). In other words, you’ll soon have the power to put almost anything at the end of your url, eschewing existing top-level domains such as ‘.com’ or ‘.edu.’…

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(Via The Register - Comms.)

BT starts threatening music downloaders with internet cut-off: “

BPI wins another ISP ally

Exclusive BT, the UK’s largest broadband provider, has begun threatening subscribers with disconnection from the internet if it is told they are sharing copyright music over peer-to-peer networks, The Register has learned.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

UK govt publishes ‘kids and videogames’ action plan: “

Internet safety scheme too

The Byron Review, it seems, was just the beginning. The UK government has unveiled a comprehensive action plan designed to develop ways of making videogames and the internet safer for children.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)

Internet overhaul wins approval: “A complete overhaul of the way people navigate the internet has been given the go ahead in Paris.”

(Via BBC News.)

Antispam group outlines defenses to block botnet spam: “A major antispam organization is pushing a set of new best practices for ISPs to stop increasing volumes of spam generated by…”

(Via Macworld.)

Data security in Government: a briefing on the Poynter report: “Four reports were published yesterday that relate to the security of Government information systems. The recommendations in one of them, the Poynter report, may be familiar to anyone who knows international security standard ISO27001.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Data security in Government: a briefing on Sir Gus O’Donnell’s report: “Sir Gus O’Donnell wrote one of the four reports published yesterday on the security of Government information systems. The report will have a major impact on both the public and private sectors.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Internet shake-up: “What do the planned changes mean?”

(Via BBC News.)

Legal, British P2P ‘by end of year’: “

ISP-music talks get serious

Exclusive Legal broadband subscription services that permit file sharing may appear on the market by the year’s end, according to music industry sources - after government intervention brought both music suppliers and ISPs to the table.…

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(Via The Register - Public Sector.)