File Sharing Lawsuits at Crossroads, After 5 Years of Litigation: “Five years ago, the Recording Industry Association of America began a massive litigation campaign against file sharers. More than 30,000 lawsuits later, many are questioning…
UK – Marks & Spencer demand 7-year-old boy’s permission to deal with mother’s complaint: “(Daily Telegraph) A mother who complained to shop staff that her seven-year-old son’s Superman playsuit was faulty was told data protection…
Police quiz BT on secret Phorm trials: “ RIPA? Never heard of it officer… City of London police questioned BT earlier this week as part of a probe into the covert wiretapping and profiling of…
French oppose sinister government database: Egan Orion , Friday 5 September 2008. 06:04:00 Ready to storm the Bastille again THE FRENCH populace, having returned from its annual summer vacation throughout the month of August, is…
Dailymotion Is Open, The Other Internet Sites Are Still Not: “Among the sites that were banned by the Turkish authorities, only the video sharing site dailymotion was opened. The rest are still closed, waiting for…
This is an article from: TorrentFreak ISPs Hand Over Details of ‘Several Thousand’ Pirates: “ Two major UK ISPs have been ordered by the High Court to hand over the identities of several thousand alleged…
Gonzales Violated Secrecy Rules With Spy Docs, Lied to Cover It Up: “Former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales repeatedly and knowingly mishandled ultra-secret documents about the government’s warrantless wiretapping program and lied to investigators about it,…
Phorm: Our business is fine, honest: “ UK.gov promises legal explanation for secret trials this month After its share price slumped to a new low, Phorm today sought to allay investor fears about the ISP-level…
Employee has no privacy on company computers, US court rules: “Employees do not have a reasonable expectation of privacy for material stored on computers owned by their employers, a US court has ruled.” (Via OUT-LAW…
Court rules Wikipedia not authoritative: “ Egan Orion the Inquirer, Wednesday 3 September 2008. 15:13:00 You don’t say A US APPEALS COURT has ruled that Wikipedia entries, which anyone might edit, are not authoritative sources…