CyberLaw Blog

Archive for August 27th, 2009

Mininova Must Remove all Friggin Torrents: “While few are crying over The Pirate Bay, Mininova is a different case. Mininova has been fighting BREIN, the Dutch copyright authority, but unlike The Pirate Bay, this isn’t a fight to the death. Instead, BREIN doesn’t want to see the more moderate Mininova eliminated – rather only torrent files it feels link to copyrighted works.”

(Via Slyck.com File-Sharing News And Information.)

UK – Facebook threats woman detained: “(BBC)
A teenager has been detained for three months in a young offenders’ institution for harassing a woman on social networking website Facebook. Keeley Houghton swore at and threatened Emily Moore in person and on the internet in July, Worcester Magistrates’ Court heard. The 18-year-old of Elgar Avenue, in Malvern, Worcestershire, admitted a charge of harassment on 31 July. She was also given a five-year restraining order. Houghton is prohibited from contacting Ms Moore, or commenting about her on any social networking system or website during that time.

(Via QuickLinks Update.)

Facebook to tighten privacy policies and give users more control over personal data: “Facebook, the world’s largest online social network, has bowed to pressure and agreed to tighten up its privacy policies further.“

(Via Tech and Web from Times Online.)

Government unbans dirty vids but bans ‘legal highs’: “

Thatcher’s legacy – dirty DVDs for all

Legislation introduced by Margaret Thatcher in 1984, which banned the sale of unclassified videos and computer games, is not actually enforceable because the government of the day never told the European Commission.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)