AP may have to take on entire blogosphere, warns attacked blogger: “A major news agency has claimed that a blog’s quotation of its stories is copyright infringement and has demanded they be taken down in…
The Associated Press to Set Guidelines for Using Its Articles in Blogs: “The effort may offer a prominent definition of the important but vague doctrine of ‘fair use,’ often a contentious issue in the blogosphere….
This is an article from: TorrentFreak Survey Shows Huge Demand for Legal P2P: The survey, conducted by British Music Rights among 773 British respondents between the age of 14-24, shows some interesting results. The survey…
Drudge Retort Episode Highlights ‘Fair Use’ Uncertainties: “The Associated Press has sent copyright violation take-down notices to the operator of the Drudge Retort, claiming that lifting a few sentences and the headline of the newswire’s…
Out-law coverage for the Virgin Media action… Virgin sends file-sharing warnings to customers: “Virgin Media has begun sending letters of warning to some of its customers saying that artists’ lobby group the BPI has evidence…
WIA Report » Blogger Arrests: “Blogger Arrests Unfortunately, one way to assess the political importance of blogging around the world is through the growing number of blogger arrests. Since 2003, 64 citizens unaffiliated with news…
Upcoming Changes in Verizon s Newsgroup Service – Verizon PolicyBlog: “Upcoming Changes in Verizon’s Newsgroup Service Posted by Eric Rabe in Policy on June 13, 2008, 01:23 PM EST There has been a lot of…
UK – Minister backs code to tackle online sex and violence: “(Guardian) The government has signalled its support for a common set of standards for internet content in response to worries about the impact of…
The Independent Exclusive: New batch of terror files left on train IoS returns confidential documents to Treasury as officials promise to tighten procedures By Simon Evans and Margareta Pagano Sunday, 15 June 2008″ Secret government…
More secret files found on train: “A further batch of confidential government documents has been found on a train, the Independent on Sunday says.” The Independent on Sunday says it was handed the documents, which…