Policing internet ‘not ISP’s job’
Policing internet ‘not ISP’s job’: “The head of one of Britain’s biggest internet providers attacks the music industry for demanding action on pirates.” (Via BBC News.)
2008
BBC website ‘unblocked in China’
BBC website ‘unblocked in China’: “News stories on the BBC website are now accessible to people in China, after years of tight government control.” (Via BBC News.)
German Court Decision Hands Big Win to File-Sharers
German Court Decision Hands Big Win to File-Sharers: “ The Federal Constitutional Court in Germany has ruled that the identities of file-sharers must remain private and can no longer be revealed to media companies who…
IFPI Pressure Forces ISPs to Block Another File-Sharing Site
IFPI Pressure Forces ISPs to Block Another File-Sharing Site: “ Following pressure from the IFPI, a court has ruled that ISPs should be forced to block access to a file-sharing link site. The Haifa District…
Study: Piracy is Caused by Poor Choice
Study: Piracy is Caused by Poor Choice: “ According to a new study just released in the UK, one of the biggest causes of copyright infringement is a lack of choice. The study further shows…
CEOP Publishes 2nd year results
2nd year results from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre – the UK’s dedicated organisation for tackling the sexual abuse of children – show the battle against child sex offenders continues to gather…
UK – Standard adopted for filtering tools
They have been working on this for a while. It will be interesting to see whether it leads into anything. It would be also interesting to see if serious over-blocking (as well as under-blocking) will…
UK – IWF Annual Report highlights persistent core of child sexual abuse websites
IWF’s Annual Report 2007 is out… UK – IWF Annual Report highlights persistent core of child sexual abuse websites: “(IWF) The Internet Watch Foundation Annual Report 2007 reveals new intelligence regarding the scale of publicly…
CoE – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Latest issue of EDRI-gram is available now, and provides a good overview of recent developments at the Council of Europe level. CoE – The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: “(EDRI-gram) The 9th meeting of…
Amendment of the Framework Decision on combating terrorism
I did report this in an earlier posting, but here is some further official information about the EU announcement. Amendment of the Framework Decision on combating terrorism: “(RAPID) The Council reached a common approach on…