Since the Turkish Law No. 5651 on the Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by means of Such Publications came into force in November 2007, several websites were blocked by…
Post from: TorrentFreak “ Movie Industry: London ‘Fake-Free Zone’ by 2012: “ Touted as the biggest ever anti-piracy collaboration, the MPA and several major anti-piracy groups have announced that by the time the 2012 Olympics…
As if others like Jet2.com comply…. Budget airlines break new rules on opt-in website pricing: “Budget airlines Ryanair and easyJet are failing to comply with European laws that ban pre-checked boxes on websites that sell…
Berlusconi plans to use G8 presidency to ‘regulate the internet’: “ Forza Italia? Italian president and media baron Silvio Berlusconi said today that he would use his country’s imminent presidency of the G8 group to…
I am a confirmed speaker at the EU Fundamental Rights Agency’s first Fundamental Rights Conference entitled Freedom of expression, a cornerstone of democracy – listening and communicating in a diverse Europe. I will deliver a…
Prosecutors gather evidence on secret BT-Phorm trials: “ ‘Implied consent’ to be probed The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is gathering evidence on BT’s covert trials of Phorm’s ISP-level adware system to help it judge whether…
Lori Drew guilty in MySpace bully trial: “ Suicide sparked by online abuse The woman accused of using MySpace to bully a vulnerable teenage girl who subsequently killed herself has been found guilty of three…
Post from: TorrentFreak “ Firefox Pirates Take Over Amazon: “ Amazon, the world’s largest online retailer, is under attack by online pirates. An add-on for the Firefox browser called ‘Pirates of the Amazon’ makes it…
Europe tightens rules on police data sharing: “ Controlling cross-border info The European Council is adopting tougher rules on how the police and judiciary treat, and share, people’s private data.… “ (Via The Register –…
BitTorrent War on Users: ‘Utter Nonsense: “‘BitTorrent declares war on VoIP, gamers’, the headline to The Register’s latest BitTorrent article reads. The article continues that a recent change in uTorrent’s design would cause massive bandwidth…