“Broadcaster Sky should have made sure its websites could handle the traffic generated by its promotional advertising, and should have made a web offer available on the phone once it ran into problems, the advertising regulator has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 26th February 2009
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“The Government’s Digital Britain plan is a failure that gives favourable treatment to the music business and props up failed business models, a software trade body has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th February 2009
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“Last month’s release of Lord Carter’s ‘interim’ Digital Britain report sparked howls of outrage from network wonks across the land. Even as Gordon Brown gushed about the potential of the internet to be as important to Britain’s industrial and economic future as roads and bridges, the Carter report’s recommendations proposed to turn tomorrow’s road-and-bridge infrastructure over to the selfish mismanagement of special interests who want to be sure that their buggies won’t be crowded off the digital byways.”
The Guardian, 10th February 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Organisations with interactive websites likely to be used mainly by children must ensure that staff moderating the sites are not barred from working with children from October.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd February 2009
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“A teacher who had sexual intercourse with two pupils at Bishop Bell Secondary School in Eastborne, after ‘grooming’ them on social networking website Bebo has been jailed for seven years.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd February 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“An additional charge for broadband use will be proposed by ministers today as part of a plan to stamp out music and film piracy. Lord Carter of Barnes, the Communications Minister, will propose the creation of a quango, paid for by a charge that could amount to £20 a year per broadband connection. The idea will be at the heart of the Digital Britain Green Paper to be unveiled by ministers, which includes plans to create jobs by boosting broadband take-up.”
The Times, 29th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“A man who was criticised in the comments section of his own blog cannot sue for defamation because he did not delete the comment when he discovered it, the High Court has said. The Court said that the man consented to the comment’s publication.”
OUT-LAW.com, 27th January 2009
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“Internet service providers will not be forced to disconnect users who repeatedly flout the law by illegally sharing music and video files, The Times has learnt.”
The Times, 26th January 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The Ministry of Defence launched a fresh inquiry into racism in the army last night after the Guardian uncovered a series of extreme and offensive comments on the social networking site Facebook.”
The Guardian, 19th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Controversial plans for a ‘superdatabase’ tracking all phone and internet communications today received the tacit support of the new director of public prosecutions (DPP).”
The Guardian, 9th January 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Residents of England and Wales can now access online maps which plot recorded crime in their neighbourhood.”
BBC News, 6th January 2009
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“A former associate of The Beatles has won the right to sue in England over a New York Times article which called him a charlatan. Because the article was published online the case should go ahead, the High Court has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 18th December 2008
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“An internet service provider (ISPs) can use an alleged breach of new laws on unfair commercial practices, laws that it has no powers to enforce directly, as the basis of a common law claim of ‘unlawful interference’, the High Court has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 17th December 2008
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“EDITORIAL: The Internet Watch Foundation faced a storm of criticism this week over its decision to add a Wikipedia entry to a blacklist of pages that ISPs block. Under pressure, the IWF removed the image from its blacklist. That decision was a mistake.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th December 2008
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“The de facto standard for web accessibility has been updated for the first time since 1999. Version two of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines, or WCAG 2.0, was published today after several years of development and debate.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th December 2008
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“The online watchdog, the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF), has withdrawn its objection to a Wikipedia page that contained an image of a naked girl.”
BBC News, 9th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Britain’s rules on internet censorship have come under scrutiny following a decision to block pages on Wikipedia after a page on the site showing the image of a naked young girl on an album cover from 1976 was declared ‘potentially illegal’.”
The Guardian, 9th December 2008
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Thousands of internet users have been told they’ll be taken to court unless they pay hundreds of pounds for illegally downloading and sharing hardcore porn movies.”
BBC News, 5th December 2008
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Budget airlines Ryanair and easyJet are failing to comply with European laws that ban pre-checked boxes on websites that sell flight tickets. New rules provide that optional price supplements must be accepted on an ‘opt-in’ basis.”
OUT-LAW.com, 3rd December 2008
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“A British Standard will give business owners and marketing managers new guidance for building and maintaining web content that is accessible to disabled people. A draft version of BS 8878 was released for public comment today.”
OUT-LAW.com, 1st December 2008
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