AVN Analysis: Karen Fletcher Pleads Guilty in ‘Red Rose’ Obscenity Case: “Analysis: Karen Fletcher Pleads Guilty in ‘Red Rose’ Obscenity Case Government scores victory against woman who can’t leave her house By: Mark Kernes, Posted:…
Letter from the Ministry of Justice 15 May 2008 Ms Deborah Hyde Our ref: 198671 Dear Ms Hyde, Thank you for your emails of 23 April, 7 May and 8 May to Lord Hunt about…
More on the new Communications Data Bill provisions, this time it is the Mighty Register! Government orders data retention by ISPs: “ Keep it for 12 months for the plods Phone and internet companies will…
Report: Government’s Cyber-Security Plan Is Riddled With New Spying Programs: “Major parts of the government’s proposed $17 billion computer-security plan are actually spying programs, according to a Senate committee’s budget report. The committee also faulted…
New York Lawmakers Target Online Violence: “New York lawmakers are now targeting what they erroneously refer to as online ‘violence porn’ — which is material that graphically depicts criminal assaults, such as the popular high-school…
Judge Says First-Ever RIAA Piracy Trial May Need a Do-Over: “The judge who presided over the nation’s first file sharing trial says he is considering granting a retrial. The judge said that Jammie Thomas, who…
News coverage for the Communications Data Bill provisions… Government orders data retention by ISPs: “Phone and internet companies will soon be forced to keep logs of internet usage to be made available to the police…
Experts Say MySpace Suicide Indictment Sets ‘Scary’ Legal Precedent: “In their eagerness to prosecutor a 49-year-old woman involved in the Megan Meier suicide tragedy, federal officials are making novel use of an anti-hacking law, potentially…
EU raises privacy issue for Google Street View: “The EU’s data protection supervisor has urged Google to respect privacy rules as it prepares to unveil Street View in Europe. (Via Macworld.)
JP – Government plans blocking of child porn sites: “(Yomiuri Shimbun) The ruling parties in Japan will introduce legislation for Internet service providers to block access to child pornography sites with major providers in favor…