CyberLaw Blog

Archive for September 5th, 2009

Aussie firewall nears death: “

What’s that Skippy? It smells funny?

The Australian Senate Opposition leader Nick Minchin has joined the growing chorus of voices against Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s plans for mandatory ISP-level filtering.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Man remanded for extreme porn offences: “

Time to dust off those disk scrubbers?

An arrest – and remand time – for being suspected of possessing extreme porn may act as wake-up call for those who thought that the new law on extreme porn would just quietly fade away.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Police drop case against admin over animal rights comments: “

Probe of judge’s exposure on Indymedia UK continues

Police have dropped their controversial six-month investigation of a Sheffield IT worker who had a minor role administering the activist website Indymedia UK.…

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(Via The Register – Public Sector.)

Judge bemoans small fine for former BNP officer’s data protection breach: “A man who published the personal information of 10,000 members of the British National Party (BNP) has been found guilty of breaking the Data Protection Act and has been ordered to pay a fine and costs.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Courts and Parliament ‘let us down’ on personal data trade, says privacy watchdog: “Information Commissioner Christopher Graham has said that the courts and Parliament are to blame for the ongoing trade in personal information uncovered by its Motorman investigation.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Software lobby joins calls for filesharer disconnection: “Anti piracy software lobby group the Business Software Alliance (BSA) has said that it backs disconnecting users who repeatedly engage in software piracy. The group said that the move was necessary because of the failure of other strategies.”

(Via OUT-LAW News.)