“Lord Mandelson, the business secretary, warned internet users today that the days of ‘consequence-free’ illegal filesharing are over as he unveiled the government’s plan for cracking down on online piracy.”
The Guardian, 28th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“UK internet users will not be disconnected from the internet for illegal file sharing without a court’s involvement, a Government minister has pledged. Culture minister Ben Bradshaw has told MPs that there would be a ‘strict’ process involving the courts.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A Daily Mirror service which sold digital copies of back issues infringed the copyright of a freelance photographer whose pictures appeared on their pages, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 22nd October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw revealed today that controversial measures to tackle illegal file-sharing will be watered down following fierce opposition.”
The Guardian, 20th October 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The public will be able to compare crime rates in every town and village in England and Wales following the launch of a new interactive map.”
Daily Telegraph, 20th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Online pricing practices are to be investigated by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).”
BBC News, 15th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A proposal that will force online retailers to take extra steps to ensure that young people cannot buy or access inappropriate goods or material will move one step closer to becoming law on Monday.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Today I am talking to Carl Gardner, ex government lawyer, a barrister and author of The Head of Legal blog. We look at whether the Bill of Rights has, in fact, been infringed by the gag, the use of injunctions generally and specifically in this instance, the use of parliamentary privilege and whether the judges are going too far in granting injunctions which can, effectively, be destroyed in their effect by many thousands of angry people on twitter and in the blogosphere.”
Charon QC, 13th October 2009
Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com
“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.
“The editor of a newspaper which was banned from reporting on the tabling of a question in Parliament has thanked the users of micro-blogging service Twitter for their role in what he called a ‘victory for free speech’.”
OUT-LAW.com, 13th October 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A science teacher from Greater Manchester who pretended to be a teenage girl on the internet to groom a 13-year-old for sex has been jailed.”
BBC News, 30th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Internet campaigners whose advice on how to take your own life is used in an assisted suicide face possible prosecution, according to the new guidance published yesterday.”
Daily Telegraph, 24th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A controversial broadband tax ‘will be law before the next election’, according to Minister for Digital Britain Stephen Timms.”
BBC News, 23rd September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Lawyers for the parents of missing toddler Madeleine McCann have demanded the removal of a website which claims their daughter is dead.”
BBC News, 19th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The Government could scrap a part of defamation law that makes newspapers liable many times for material in a single article. The Government may prevent people suing every time a web page ‘publishes’ an article.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th September 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“Proposals to overhaul the libel laws and update them for the internet age have been revealed by the government.”
BBC News, 16th September 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A debate on aspects of defamation law, and how it works in the internet age, was launched today by the Ministry of Justice.”
Ministry of Justice, 16th September 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The lawyer who has threatened Facebook with a defamation suit on behalf of boxing promoter Frank Warren has said that he may take action against internet service providers (ISPs) for US-published defamation.”
OUT-LAW.com, 15th September 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“A removals firm has been ordered to pay nearly £2,000 to photographic agency Getty Images for using a copyright-protected photograph on its website. The company had removed the picture when notified by Getty Images but had not paid a requested fee.”
OUT-LAW.com, 10th September 2009
Source: www.out-law.com
“British boxing champion Amir Khan and his promoter, Frank Warren, have launched a legal campaign to force Facebook to tackle ‘highly defamatory’ or abusive postings.”
Daily Telegraph, 10th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Government plans to suspend the internet accounts of people who illegally download films and music are ‘misconceived’ and ‘threaten broadband consumers’ rights’, according to the chief executives of Britain’s biggest internet providers.”
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Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
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