Terrorist propaganda student Mohammed Gul jailed – BBC News
“A law student who posted Islamic terrorist propaganda on the internet after becoming radicalised has been jailed for five years.”
BBC News, 25th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Category: internet
Law student convicted over terror videos – The Independent
“A law student who posted Islamic terrorist propaganda on the internet was facing jail today (24 February).”
The Independent, 24th February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Law in Action – BBC Radio 4
“The attempt to extradite Julian Assange to Sweden has raised several legal issues. In the first of the new series Joshua Rozenberg asks whether Julian Assange’s lawyer Mark Stephens overstepped the mark by declaring the innocence of his client. He asks the United States legal representative in the UK, Amy Jeffress, if the extradition arrangements between the US and UK need changing and he looks at whether the media should be tweeting from court.”
BBC Radio 4, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Facebook threatens to sue Daily Mail over paedophile story – The Guardian
“Facebook is threatening legal action against the Daily Mail amid a dispute over the headline of a front page story that named the social networking website in the context of a story about a paedophile gang operating in Devon.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
OFT warns misleading ‘money advice’ firm
“The OFT has ordered Money Advice Direct Limited (MADL), a firm that introduces struggling borrowers to debt management companies, to stop using misleading advertising that presents it as a source of free help.”
The Guardian, 22nd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Lawyer wins £10,000 damages from Solicitors from Hell owner – Law Society’s Gazette
“A judge has condemned the owner of the Solicitors from Hell website for his conduct when committing a serious libel against a young solicitor.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 17th February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Gold-buying websites forced to change trading practices – The Guardian
“The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has clamped down on gold-buying websites, forcing three firms to make changes to their business practices and two to cease trading altogether.”
The Guardian, 14th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
New powers to vet online adverts – BBC News
“People who use the internet are about to get a new opportunity to complain about company websites.”
BBC News, 11th February 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The Twitter era of court reporting is here, despite the risk of prejudice – The Guardian
“Is there a legitimate demand for the use of live, text-based communications from the courtroom? That’s one of the questions that the Judicial Office for England and Wales is asking in a new consultation paper.”
The Guardian, 9th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Filesharing prosecutions will face serious problems, says judge – The Guardian
“A senior court judge has pointed to severe problems with the way the Digital Economy Act enables copyright owners to prosecute people accused of illegal filesharing.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Twitter messages not private, rules PCC – The Guardian
“The Press Complaints Commission ruled on Tuesday that information posted on Twitter should be considered public and publishable by newspapers after it cleared the Daily Mail and Independent on Sunday of breaching privacy guidelines.”
The Guardian, 8th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Consultation on Live, Text-Based Communications from Court – Judiciary of England and Wales
“On behalf of the Lord Chief Justice, the Judicial Office for England and Wales has issued a consultation paper on the use of live, text-based communications from court for the purposes of fair and accurate reporting.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 7th February 2010
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
The tangled web of copyright law – The Guardian
“As the Meltwater case on news aggregation rumbles on, Alex Wade takes a look at the legally fraught, and commercially sensitive, world of spiders, bots and scrapers.”
The Guardian, 7th February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Supreme Court to allow tweeting – The Independent
“Tweeting is to be allowed from hearings at the highest court in the land, it was announced today (3 February).”
The Independent, 3rd February 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Supreme Court issues guidance on courtroom twitter use – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Supreme Court has today given the ‘green light’ to allow people to ‘tweet’ from inside the courtroom. It has issued guidance on the use of live text-based communication by legal teams, journalists and members of the public of what is going on in court.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 3rd February 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Daily Mail and Sun accused of contempt over online photos – The Guardian
“Attorney general argues pictures of murder trial defendant ‘posing with a gun’ created risk of prejudice in court case.”
The Guardian, 2nd February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Online crime maps for all streets in England and Wales – The Guardian
“Detailed maps providing a monthly snapshot of crime and antisocial behaviour on every street across England and Wales are published for the first time today.”
The Guardian, 1st February 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Rights holders alliance to defend Digital Economy Act – The Guardian
“A coalition of rights holders, including the Premier League and trade bodies representing the music, film and TV industries, is lining up to intervene against internet service providers in the judicial review of legislation to tackle illegal downloading.”
The Guardian, 31st January 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Government lays ISP copyright notification plans before Parliament – OUT-LAW.com
“The Government has laid before Parliament its proposal on how the controversial copyright infringement notification system proposed in last year’s Digital Economy Act (DEA) will work.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th January 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Net piracy gets its day in court – BBC News
“Illegal file-sharing is under the spotlight as 26 alleged net pirates appear in court but, in a bizarre twist, it is the law firm that brought the cases that appears to be on trial.”
BBC News, 25th January 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
