Yaman Akdeniz, an Associate Professor of law at the Faculty of Law, Istanbul Bilgi University today (29 September, 2009) made an appeal to the Beyoglu Criminal Court of Peace to overturn the blocking decision involving…
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MÜYAP: No Intention to Block Access to Last FM and MySpace: “MÜYAP chairman Forta claimed: ‘Ownership rights are stolen, we fight for our right. Turkish law blocked access to the websites’. Forta argued that MÜYAP…
Copyright Protection Without Harm to Freedom of Speech: “In the course of the discussion of blocked access to the entire contents of MySpace, RSF pointed out that the Turkish Internet legislation violates the European Convention…
Reporters Sans Frontières: Prosecutors violate online free expression to protect copyright Published on 23 September 2009 The social networking website MySpace has been blocked in Turkey since 19 September over a copyright dispute. Anyone trying…
Since the Law No. 5651 entitled Regulation of Publications on the Internet and Suppression of Crimes Committed by means of Such Publication came into force in November 2007, access to a considerable number of foreign…
As of Friday, 18 September, 2009 access to popular social networks Myspace and Last.fm are blocked from Turkey. The blocking order is issued by the Beyoğlu Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office (order no 2009/45 dated 26.06.2009)….
Conviction overturned in MySpace suicide case: “ Good news for net users A federal judge on Thursday tentatively overturned convictions against a mother accused of using MySpace to bully a 13-year-old girl who went on…
MySpace removes 90,000 sex offenders Social networking sites have been urged to do more to protect their young users after MySpace announced it had identified and removed about 90,000 registered sex offenders from its site…
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…
Lori Drew guilty in MySpace bully trial: “The woman accused of using MySpace to bully a vulnerable teenage girl who subsequently killed herself has been found guilty of three charges.” (Via OUT-LAW News.)