CyberLaw Blog

Archive for March 2nd, 2009

Europe ditches Skype probe: “

Calling for clarity

Eurojust – the EU body for judicial cooperation – is not investigating ways to intercept Skype calls, contrary to reports earlier this week.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Judge issues radioactive ‘pr0n downloader’ alert: “

‘This is not a joke’

A judge has warned that a man who jumped bail while facing child pornography charges and fled to Ireland could pose a radiation risk to those he comes into contact with.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Great Australian Firewall dead in the water?: “

Sex Party add insult to injury

The final nail in the coffin of the great Australian Firewall was hammered home last week when independent Senator Nick Xenophon withdrew support for the measure. This takes the voting arithmetic in the Australian Upper House beyond the point of no-return, as there are now 43 votes stacked up against the proposal with just 33 in favour.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Brit nuke subs exposed on Google Earth: “

GCHQ. MI6 and SAS also laid bare

The UK’s military top brass are said to be ‘furious’ that updated imagery on Google Earth has laid bare pretty well all of Blighty’s defence infrastructure, including Faslane nuclear sub base, the ‘nuclear crisis HQ’ in Northwood, North London, the SAS barracks in Herefordshire, GCHQ in Cheltenham and MI6’s spook central in London.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Obama chopper plans leaked on file-sharing nets: “

Secret ‘Marine One’ copter blueprints seen at Tehran IP

Confidential blueprints and specifications for the planned new US presidential helicopters have been accidentally leaked to the torrents by download-hungry defence contractors, according to reports.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

New Zealand pulls back from guilt-by-accusation piracy law: “The New Zealand government has delayed by a month a controversial plan to allow internet users to be cut off just because they have been accused of copyright infringement.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

OFT pursues first criminal action under Unfair Trading Regulations: “New criminal investigation powers granted to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) by consumer protection laws have been used for the first time. The OFT has conducted raids while investigating a suspected scam in Bristol.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)