“A Conservative peer who had proposed forcing copyright holders to detail the exact damage they suffered when trying to force alleged infringers off the internet will drop the plan. Lord Lucas told OUT-LAW Radio that he would ‘not pursue’ the proposal.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“A rape case against five men collapsed after a court heard that the female victim had spoken online about taking part in group sex.”
Daily Telegraph, 13th January 2010
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Government has published Regulations that will absolve internet service providers (ISPs) and other digital service providers of responsibility for religion or sexuality-related hate speech transmitted over their networks.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“Ministers have given a concession over what critics claimed were ‘draconian’ powers which would enable them to crack down on online copyright infringement.”
BBC News, 13th January 2010
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The body responsible for the .uk internet addresses disconnected over 1,200 websites without any oversight from a court. The much-publicised action last month was based only on police assertions about criminal activity on the sites.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th January 2010
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Digital Economy Bill would give the Government the power to control the internet access of UK citizens by ministerial order, bypassing Parliament and without an adequate right of appeal, according to one legal expert.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th December 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Internet-only publications will face the same regulations as newspapers for the first time under an extension to the powers of newspaper industry self-regulator body the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).”
OUT-LAW.com, 16th December 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Today I am talking To Robert Heslett. We cover a wide range of topics from the rule of law, the opportunities and threats to the solicitors profession, human rights and Twitter and other forms of social media and how they could be of benefit to lawyers.”
Charon QC, 14th December 2009
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“Today the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) is launching an online consultation on a new draft code of practice which will provide organisations with a practical and common sense approach to protecting individuals’ privacy online. The new draft guidance explains how the law applies and calls on organisations to give people the right degree of choice and control over their personal information, for instance by giving them clear privacy choices or making it easier for people to erase their personal information at the end of a browsing session.”
Information Commissioner, 9th December 2009
Source: www.ico.gov.uk
“A newspaper publisher was not liable for user comments posted after an online article and will not have to pay out libel damages, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 8th December
Source: www.out-law.com
“Children will be warned not to hand over intimate details to strangers they meet online, in the country’s first ‘green cross code’ for the internet which will be launched by the Government today.”
Daily Telegraph, 7th December 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The High Court has ordered the publishers of the Wikipedia user-generated encyclopaedia to reveal information which could identify a contributor in a blackmail case involving an unnamed famous businesswoman.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Police forces which ‘name and shame’ criminals must remove the details from their websites after a month, according to new rules released today.”
The Independent, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.independent.co.uk
“The Press Complaints Commission today rejected a privacy complaint on behalf of a serving police officer against a newspaper that published his Facebook status update commenting on the death of Ian Tomlinson during the G20 protests.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Government’s Digital Economy Bill could be in breach of EU laws, according to an internet law expert. Professor Lilian Edwards has also warned that the Bill could make it impossible to operate a free wireless network legally.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th November 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Two men have started appeals against the UK’s first convictions for inciting racial hatred via a foreign website.”
BBC News, 26th November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government has published the legislation which would force internet service providers to disconnect internet connections used by alleged file sharers without a court order. The Digital Economy Bill contains the controversial provisions.”
OUT-LAW.com, 23rd November 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Online publication of some judgments in family cases, like care proceedings and contact and residence cases, will be piloted for the first time at courts in Leeds and Cardiff.”
Ministry of Justice, 2nd November 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“ITV’s £25m sale of social networking website Friends Reunited has been referred to the Competition Commission.”
BBC News, 2nd November 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“TalkTalk, the second largest internet service provider in the UK, has threatened to launch legal action if business secretary Peter Mandelson follows through with his plan to cut off persistent illegal filesharers’ internet connections.”
The Guardian, 29th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
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