BBC News – Law firm’s piracy hunt condemned: By Jane Wakefield, Technology reporter, BBC News Music industry representative the BPI has criticised the approach used by a UK law firm in chasing file-sharers. Law firm…
BBC News – EU to assess piracy detection software A human rights watchdog has asked the European Commission to assess the legality of software being used to analyse file-sharing in the UK. The software in…
BBC News – Internet racism pair lose appeal The men were jailed after a failed bid to seek asylum in the US Two men have lost their appeals against the UK’s first conviction for inciting…
BBC News – Piracy letter campaign ‘nets innocents’ Piracy campaign ‘nets innocents’ More than 150 people have approached consumer publication Which? Computing claiming to have been wrongly targeted in crackdowns on illegal file-sharing. ACS:Law has…
CA – Web Filters Cause Name Change for a Magazine: (New York Times) In 1920 the Hudson’s Bay Company, which owed much of its early fortune to the trade in beaver pelts, began publishing a…
E-commerce Regulations updated to exempt ISPs from hate speech charges: “The Government has published Regulations that will absolve internet service providers (ISPs) and other digital service providers of responsibility for religion or sexuality-related hate speech…
ISP anti-disconnection petition clocks up 30,000 supporters: “A petition set up by internet service provider TalkTalk at the Prime Minister’s website has received over 30,000 signatures in opposition to the Government’s proposal to cut off…
Nominet gives registrars right to cancel names on allegations of criminality: “The body in charge of the UK’s domain names, such as those ending in .co.uk, has given domain name registration companies the power to…
German court finds parent liable for child’s file-sharing: “Parents can be legally responsible for the unlawful behaviour of their children using home internet connections, a German court has ruled. It said that a woman had…
China returns fire against US in Google-war: China inflamed the international row with America over cyber-attacks on Google yesterday, denouncing Hillary Clinton’s criticism of the country’s internet curbs as ‘information imperialism’. (Via Tech and Web…