Judge approves AP’s online news copying suit: “ ‘Hot news doctrine’ survives internet The Associated Press can proceed with a copyright infringement lawsuit against an online news aggregation service after a federal judge ruled a…
Regulators demand clearer privacy policies: “Two-thirds of people surveyed by the UK privacy watchdog want marketing opt-outs to be clearer, while 62% want a clearer explanation of how personal information will actually be used. The…
UK ‘bad’ pics ban to stretch?: “ Is that a loophole? How disgusting The government could be planning to up the ante when it comes to material it doesn’t approve of – it may become…
Half of Pirate Bay case dropped in courtroom drama: “Prosecutors have been forced to drop their more serious charges against file-sharing links site The Pirate Bay in a dramatic climbdown in the closely-watched trial in…
Facebook does U-turn on eternal data grab: “Facebook has dumped heavily criticised new service terms that lay claim to photos and messages posted to the site forever – even after accounts are deleted – following…
Australia Internet Filtering Trial to Begin with 6 ISPs 13.02.2009 The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy today announced the first phase of the Australian Govt’s ISP Filtering Live Pilot…
Canadian judge: No warrant needed to see ISP logs – Ars Technica: “Canadian judge: No warrant needed to see ISP logs A Superior Court in Ontario, Canada has ruled that IP addresses are akin to…
Internet piracy trial of the decade to begin: “A courtroom in Stockholm is set to stage the internet piracy trial of the decade. Four men behind the hugely popular Pirate Bay filesharing website are about…
Software body slams uk.gov’s ‘special treatment’ of music biz: “ Don’t ya think we’re sexy? The Government’s Digital Britain plan is a failure that gives favourable treatment to the music business and props up failed…
Jacqui’s jihad on web extremism flops: “ Counter terror ambitions countered by reality More than a year after Jacqui Smith gave a major speech on counter terrorism, in which she said she wanted jihadi literature…