Virgin Media to trial piracy-detection software: “For Alan Ellis, last week was a good one: he was acquitted of conspiracy to commit fraud. The prosecution had argued that the 26-year-old received at least £190,000 in…
Music ‘piracy’ website founder acquitted of fraud: A man accused of running a sophisticated music piracy website used by more than 200,000 members was acquitted of conspiracy to defraud today. (Via Tech and Web from…
Hillary Clinton guards internet freedom in attack on China’s new ‘Berlin Wall’: Hillary Clinton has deepened a row over freedom of expression in China by warning Beijing that its alleged attack on Google would have…
CN – Timeline: China and net censorship: (BBC) As Google considers withdrawing from China, the BBC looks at the highs and lows of internet access and freedom in the most populous country in the world….
Reuters: Turkey blocking 3,700 websites Turkey blocking 3,700 websites: OSCE VIENNA, Mon Jan 18, 2010 8:37am EST VIENNA (Reuters) – Europe’s main security and human rights watchdog said Monday Turkey was blocking some 3,700 Internet…
L’OSCE tance la Turquie sur sa loi sur l’internet trop restrictive – Le Monde.fr Agence France Presse 18.01.10 | 12h04 Le représentant pour la liberté de la presse de l’Organisation pour la sécurité et la…
Turkey’s Internet law needs to be reformed or abolished, says OSCE media freedom representative VIENNA, 18 January 2010 – Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today asked the Turkish authorities to…
OSCE conference: Get Rid of Penal Code for the Media – Bianet OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media Haraszti critisized in the recent conference: ‘The government waits for a ‘mature’ media before granting full legal…
UK prosecutors drop ‘tiger’ sex video case: “ North Wales Police missed Frosties connection The CPS dropped a prosecution under the extreme porn law last week when it apparently accepted that the soundtrack on a…
AU – Net filter satire site back after domain deletion: “(Ars Technica) Stephen Conroy is Australia’s Communications Minister and, in that role, has been instrumental in pushing for ISP-level traffic filters that will block access…