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Law Will Shift Guilt to ISPs, Telcos Campaigners and business associations are joining forces over EU proposal to shift focus of criminality in copyright infringement from private individuals, copying for 'personal use', to carriers, ISPs, telecos, 'incitement, aiding, abetting' will become key, employees liable to prison 22.03.07 Digit, Copyright, Internet Piracy, Media Law, Mobile Telecoms, Telecoms
US Hackers Arrested in India Three men accused of securities fraud in the US, hacking into broker accounts to alter share values, have been arrested in India, first time share-hackers arrested abroad 13.03.07 BBC, Capital Markets, Fraud
MySpace to Track Copyright MySpace, currently being sued by Universal Music, plans new software to detect copyright video, will use digital fingerprinting system from content rights management developer Audible Magic 12.02.07 Financial Times, Copyright, Internet Piracy
Warner Insists on Copy Protection Warner Music chief Edgar Bronfman has said Apple chief Steve Job's idea of abandoning copy protection software - digital rights management, DRM - to expand music download market is 'without logic and merit' 09.02.07 BBC, Copyright, Internet Piracy, Media Law
Copy Protection Has Failed Music distributors will start to strip copy protection software from their download products in the next few months, iTunes and other sites forced to sell files containing digital rights management (DRM) software that restricts devices that can play the music 08.02.07 Guardian, Copyright, Entertainment Law, Media Law
Ofcom Imposes Tough Rules on VoIP Ofcom will now require VoIP operators who offer services to residential or small businesses to information on service reliability (whether the service will work in the event of a power outage), access to emergency services and availability of number portability, require VoIP operators to implement a Code of Practice 03.04.07 Eversheds, Telecoms
Diddy Website Directed at UK The US pop star Sean 'Puffy' Combs (aka 'Puffy' and 'P Diddy'), who changed his name to 'Diddy' in 2005, was found to have infringed earlier rights in the name owned by Mr Dearlove, also known as 'Diddy', judgment was awarded to Mr Dearlove in respect of certain website and lyric-related aspects of the claim, other control-related aspects reserved for full trial 24.03.07 Clintons, Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, Trademark
Google to Remove Copiepresse Content In an eagerly awaited judgment, a Brussels court has largely confirmed a preliminary order in favour of Copiepresse, a trade association representing French and German newspapers, in a copyright infringement action, Google News must remove all Copiepresse-owner material on pain of daily penalties 26.02.07 Copyright, EU Law, Google, Media Law
Company Details on Websites New regulations require companies and limited liability partnerships (LLPs) to include company information on websites and in electronic communications, includes company name (both the registered and trading), registration number, place of registration and registered office address 18.01.07 Eversheds, Company Law
ECJ Rules Against Google News Court of First Instance has found for Copiepresse, which brought claim against Google News, ordered to remove content from cache on its servers and remove links to articles, Court said excerpts were copyright but did not explicitly decide on status of hyperlink to cached article 07.11.06 Eversheds, Copyright, Google, Intellectual Property, Media Law
Abuse of Rights on eBay High Court held in Quads 4 Kids v Campbell that enforcement request through eBay's Verified Rights Owner (VeRO) Program could constitute a groundless threat of infringement proceedings 24.10.06 Law Now, Intellectual Property
Ongoing Threats to IT Security Malicious software used by criminal gangs to extort money, often gangs do not use the internet directly to access a company's system but may infiltrate a company by becoming members of staff or by bribe or threats 16.10.06 Eversheds, Cybercrime, Employment Law, Fraud
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Mumsnet Pays for Chatroom Comments Internet site for mothers has had to pay five-figure sum for comments made in its online chat room, since Godfrey v. Demon Internet ISPs have had to censor anything claimed to be defamatory 14.05.07 Times, Cyber Libel, Libel & Defamation
Pentagon Hacker to Be Extradited High Ct 'finds no grounds' to block extradition of Gary McKinnon, accused by US of hacking dozens of govt computers, including NASA and the Pentagon, expected to ask permission to appeal to Lords 04.04.07 Reuters, Extradition
JK Rowling Suing eBay Over Copyright Harry Potter author JK Rowling is suing eBay in India over pirated copies of her novels, site claims it has not power over items sold and cannot vet individual sales, judgment could set wide-ranging precedent 27.02.07 Times, Copyright, Internet Piracy
Internet GP Supplied Death Drug Julian Eden, who operates e-med.co.uk, supplied teenage suicide with beta-blockers despite history of mental illness, supplied drugs to others beyond point of addiction, claims he was acting in 'some of the patients best interests' 16.02.07 Times, Medical Law, Medical Negligence
