Company loses data on criminals
Company loses data on criminals: “A contractor working for the Home Office loses computer memory stick containing details of tens of thousands of criminals.” (Via BBC News.)
August 2008
China blocks iTunes music store
China blocks iTunes music store: “Protest songs compiled by a US-based Tibetan activist group were downloaded by Olympic athletes” (Via Latest news, sport, business, comment and reviews from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk.)
Judge: Copyright Owners Must Consider ‘Fair Use’ Before Sending Takedown Notice
Judge: Copyright Owners Must Consider ‘Fair Use’ Before Sending Takedown Notice: “A federal judge rules that copyright owners must first consider ‘fair use’ before sending takedown notices to online video-sharing sites like YouTube requiring removal…
The Pirate Bay Appeals Italian Blockade
This is an article from: TorrentFreak The Pirate Bay Appeals Italian Blockade The Pirate Bay has decided to fight the decision of an Italian judge after it ordered ISPs to block access to the popular…
412 Turkish Internet Sites And Blogs Protest Internet Censorship
412 Internet Sites And Blogs Protest Internet Censorship: “The number of internet sites and blogs protesting the internet censorship in Turkey, banning of sites by court orders, has risen to 412. They darkened their pages…
Copyright lawyers accuse 25,000 UK videogame filesharers
Copyright lawyers accuse 25,000 UK videogame filesharers: “ Court throws P2P users to the Davenport Lyons The copyright ambulance-chasers at Davenport Lyons have a High Court order demanding 25,000 UK ISP subscribers’ names and addresses,…
UK.gov loses 29 million personal records
UK.gov loses 29 million personal records: “ Magnificent year-long datachunder UK government departments have managed to leak a total of 29 million personal records over a single year.… “ (Via The Register – Public Sector.)
300 Web Sites join the Turkish anti-censorship campaign protest access ban
Web Sites protest access ban: “A campaign has been initiated by elmaaltshift.com to protest a ban on accessing certain Web sites in Turkey. More than 300 Web sites — some of which are among the…
Tech giants near agreement on human rights code
Tech giants near agreement on human rights code: “Some of the biggest technology and internet companies in the world have agreed a set of standards to protect human rights online that they hope the whole…
Turkish Internet Sites Protest Recent Internet Censorship
Internet Sites Protest Recent Internet Censorship: “Elmaaltshift.com has launched a protest campaign against the latest internet banning of the sites such as youtube, dailymotion, and many others. The campaign will last until the midnight of…