RIAA Declares Victory Over AllofMP3, Drops Lawsuit When pressure from the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and the United States government caused the Kremlin to take down AllofMP3 in mid 2007, the RIAA must’ve been jumping…
Privacy watchdog opposes giant telecoms database: “The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has criticised proposals to build one Government-owned database to hold a log of phone calls, email and internet use in the UK. The ICO…
Viewpoints of the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights: ‘Strong data protection rules are needed to prevent the emergence of a surveillance society’ [26/05/08] Surveillance technology is developing with breath-taking speed. This creates new…
EU – Commission replies on Phorm: “(Cable Forum) The ePrivacy Directive obliges Member States to ensure the confidentiality of communications and related traffic data through national legislation. In particular, they shall prohibit listening, tapping, storage…
International copyright talks seek BitTorrent-killer laws: “ Plan to torpedo Pirate Bay-style freedom claims A new international trade agreement could seek to strengthen criminal sanctions against BitTorrent tracker sites that claim not to profit from…
Human rights videos besiege the Tunisian Presidential palace Tunisia blocked access to both popular video-sharing websites, Youtube and Dailymotion, in order to prevent Tunisian netizens from watching video content featuring testimonies from former political prisoners…
The Register coverage on the UK proposals announced earlier today. Government to outlaw cartoons of child sexual abuse: Best get rid of those manga comics First they came for the child pornographers… It may not…
Google Calls YouTube Suit a Threat to Online Communication: “Google, in a legal filing, says Viacom’s $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube threatens legitimate information exchange on the internet. (Via Wired News.)
EU – ENISA asks for new legislation on social networking sites: “(IDG) Europe’s top Internet security agency, ENISA, called for new legislation to police social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. ‘Social networking sites…
Danes Propose New, Tougher Child Porn Laws: “Danish Justice Minister Lene Espersen has proposed new laws against child pornography on the Internet, including one plan that punishes surfers for visiting a single child porn website.”…