Anti-Piracy Lawyers Start Protecting Gay ‘Gestapo’ Porn: “ After going after thousands accused of sharing video games in the UK, lawyers Davenport Lyons are now branching out into other areas. This week sees them start…
European Commission consults on network and information security: “The European Commission has launched a consultation on how it can strengthen the European Union’s response to computer attacks. The Commission is canvassing views ahead of a…
French record labels sue, um, SourceForge: “ Open source haven thumped for harboring P2P app The French music industry is suing four US-based companies for distributing P2P applications that can potentially be used to illegally…
Spiegel Online: Taking the Crowd to Court: Wikipedia Shutdown Backfires: “Wikipedia Shutdown Backfires” 17 November, 2008 German parliamentarian Lutz Heilmann asked a court to shut down the German version of the popular Wikipedia Web site,…
German Wikipedia Back Online After Controversial Shutdown – ReadWriteWeb Written by Frederic Lardinois / November 17, 2008 After it had been unavailable in Germany for more than two days, the Wikipedia’s German portal is finally…
Harvard Law Prof Takes on RIAA in Music Copyright Fight: “Harvard Law School professor Charles Nesson has launched a constitutional assault against a federal copyright law at the heart of the industry’s aggressive strategy, which…
Internet shoppers to get duty relief for Christmas: “Internet shoppers who wait until December to look for a Christmas bargain may save more money than they thought when HM Revenue and Customs eliminates customs duty…
NEWS.com.au: Rudd Government’s internet filter to block up to 10,000 ‘unwanted’ sites By Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson, November 13, 2008 10:44am AUSTRALIA’S mandatory internet filter is being primed to block 10,000 websites as part of a blacklist…
Unlicensed P2P Value: $69 Billion in 2007: “If you could total the quantity of unlicensed tracks within the vastness of the P2P community, then apply a reasonable fee to those tracks, you would end up…
US Justice Department free to track mobile phone users: “ If you have nothing to hide… The American Civil Liberties Union has revealed that the FBI no longer feels the need for judicial or operator…