CyberLaw Blog

Archive for August 8th, 2009

Boston student fined thousands for Napstering: “

Silly Joel

A Boston University student has been found guilty of breaking copyright laws by downloading and uploading songs using Napster and Kazaa.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

ISPs scorn government net snoop plan: “

‘Disingenuous’ Home Office slapped again

The government’s plans to massively increase surveillance of the internet have come under fire again, this time from the ISPs it wants to deputise as its snoopers.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Aussie net filtering goes into reverse: “

Delivers filthy insight into air-speed of a swallow

Red faces all round in the New South Wales Education Department, as news surfaced last week that a filter supposed to block porn was actually letting it through, and blocking perfectly good educational material instead.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Coppers make fake football sites pay penalty: “

Fans fouled by bogus vendors

The Metropolitan Police’s e-crime unit has taken out about 100 websites which claimed to be selling tickets for Premier League football matches.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Malaysia mulls Chinese Green Dam twin: “

Net sedition porn filter

Malaysia – the Southeast Asian country that has imprisoned at least two bloggers under sedition laws – is mulling a net filter along the lines of China’s Green Dam. But Information Minister Rais Yatim says it would not be used to censor blogs and websites.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Blogger who was target of Twitter and Facebook attacks blames Russia Russian hackers are believed to be behind a ‘single, massively co-ordinated attack’ on some of the world’s leading websites, all in an effort to silence a pro-Georgian blogger.

(Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)