Belgian ISP wins reprieve in copyright infringement filtering case: “A Belgian internet service provider that had been ordered by the courts to filter out copyright-infringing material from its network has won a court reprieve. It…
Linking to defamatory material is not the same as publishing it, says Canadian court: “The publisher of a link to defamatory material does not have any liability for that defamation, a Canadian court has ruled….
YaGoogleSoft! adopt voluntary ‘code of ethics’: “ No more grassing up Chinese dissidents? The US’s Center for Democracy & Technology has announced that after two years of negotiations, Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft will in the…
Official who lost secret al-Qaeda report pleads guilty: “ ‘My bad’, says forgetful vomiter The senior civil servant who left government documents detailing intelligence on al-Qaeda on a commuter train in June has pleaded guilty…
The updated EFF report entitled Unintended Consequences: Ten Years Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act which assesses the problematic application of the notice & takedown provisions of the US legislation is definitely worth reading. [Yaman…
Interesting initiative… (Via Google Public Policy Blog.) New steps to protect free expression and privacy around the world: “Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, Director of Public Policy and Government Affairs (Cross-posted from the Official Google Blog)…
Thais block anti-royal websites: “Thailand plans to spend millions of dollars on an internet firewall, to block websites deemed insulting to the monarchy.” (Via BBC News.)
(Via Techdirt.) The Web Thrived In Spite Of The DMCA, Not Because Of It: “While I was pointing out all of the reasons why the DMCA needs to be re-examined from scratch, Wired has put…
(Via Techdirt.) Canadian Court Rules That Linking To Defamatory Articles Isn’t Defamatory: “You may recall the story of Wayne Crookes, a Canadian businessman who is active in the Green Party in Canada. In 2007, he…
[Blog entry by Dr. Yaman Akdeniz] It is now been reported by a media news source that the Diyarbakir First Criminal Court of Peace has removed the blocking order it issued on 20.10.2008 (order no….