US Federal Judges Disagree on Legality of Uploading: “A US federal judge in a record industry lawsuit against college students finds in a pretrial ruling that leaving a copyrighted song where others can get at…
Policing internet ‘not ISP’s job’: “The head of one of Britain’s biggest internet providers attacks the music industry for demanding action on pirates.” (Via BBC News.)
BBC website ‘unblocked in China’: “News stories on the BBC website are now accessible to people in China, after years of tight government control.” (Via BBC News.)
German Court Decision Hands Big Win to File-Sharers: “ The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany has ruled that the identities of file-sharers must remain private and can no longer be revealed to media companies who…
IFPI Pressure Forces ISPs to Block Another File-Sharing Site: “ Following pressure from the IFPI, a court has ruled that ISPs should be forced to block access to a file-sharing link site. The Haifa District…
Study: Piracy is Caused by Poor Choice: “ According to a new study just released in the UK, one of the biggest causes of copyright infringement is a lack of choice. The study further shows…
2nd year results from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre – the UK’s dedicated organisation for tackling the sexual abuse of children – show the battle against child sex offenders continues to gather…
They have been working on this for a while. It will be interesting to see whether it leads into anything. It would be also interesting to see if serious over-blocking (as well as under-blocking) will…
IWF’s Annual Report 2007 is out… UK – IWF Annual Report highlights persistent core of child sexual abuse websites: “(IWF) The Internet Watch Foundation Annual Report 2007 reveals new intelligence regarding the scale of publicly…
Latest issue of EDRI-gram is available now, and provides a good overview of recent developments at the Council of Europe level. CoE – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: “(EDRI-gram) The 9th meeting of…