Federal government plans to toughen child porn fighting laws: The Conservative federal government plans to introduce new legislation Tuesday forcing Internet providers to alert police if they encounter any host sites linked to child pornography,…
Websites selling child porn based in Canada: WINNIPEG — Dozens of websites selling child pornography are being hosted by computer servers in this country, according to a study by a Canadian organization dedicated to fighting…
ISPA slams Mandy’s copyright land grab: “ Someone tell Lord Sith about encryption Claims from minister Stephen Timms this morning that the Digital Economy Bill has widespread support have been thrown into question, after the…
Police in copyright case can retain evidence and pass to trade body, says Court of Appeal: “A company whose computers and disks were kept by police even after the force had dropped its case will…
Mod chip seller infringed copyright in game elements, even if not in whole game: “A man who sold computer chips that enabled pirated video games to be played on consoles was rightly convicted of copyright…
ISPs and public believe Government data safeguards inadequate: “The internet access industry and members of the public have rejected the Government’s plans to retain details of citizens’ internet access, saying that safeguards for internet users’…
The strange death of illegal downloading: “(Guardian) This year is the most successful in the UK’s history for singles sales. More than 117m have been sold ? comfortably beating the previous record of 115.1m, set…
Germany’s Nazi Exception: Constitutional Court OKs Curtailing of Free Speech: “Germany’s constitution strongly and explicitly protects the freedom of speech. Still, the country’s highest court has now said that — given the injustice and horrors…
Government confirms plan to disconnect alleged file-sharers: “The Government has confirmed that it will pass legislation allowing for the termination of internet connections used by suspected illegal file-sharers but has not yet said whether the…
UK – T-Mobile staff sold personal data: (BBC) Staff at mobile phone company T-Mobile passed on millions of records from thousands of customers to third party brokers, the firm has confirmed. Details emerged after the…