“The Government believes it can reduce unlawful file-sharing by 70% to 80% by forcing internet service providers (ISPs) to tell users that their copyright infringement has been noted and making evidence of infringement available to the courts.”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th June 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
Related link: Digital Britain: the final report
“Why are we asking this now?
In the past few days, the issue of sentencing has come to the fore in three high-profile cases, culminating in an announcement yesterday by the Attorney General, Baroness Scotland, that the sentences handed down to Baby P’s killers were not unduly lenient and therefore she would not be referring the case to Court of Appeal.”
The Independent, 17th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Home Office’s revised proposals to monitor all text messages, email and internet use will have poor safeguards, prove very costly and not even work, London School of Economics researchers have found.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A national commission should be created to tackle Britain’s ‘epidemic’ of family breakdown, a senior judge said yesterday.”
The Times, 17th June 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A chief constable was criticised by three judges today for defying a high court order to return computer hard drives containing evidence of suspected child abuse to an expert witness.”
The Guardian, 16th June 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A Jewish couple are suing their neighbours in a block of flats because they say an automatic security light breaks a religious prohibition.”
Daily Telegraph, 16th June 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A man who has spent eight years behind bars for murder was released by the Court of Appeal today.”
The Indpendent, 16th June 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“Pharmacists are calling for a change in the law, which criminalises them for dispensing the wrong drug.”
BBC News, 16th June 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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