Student convicted over Anonymous cyber-attacks – The Guardian

Posted December 6th, 2012 in bail, computer crime, internet, news by sally

“A key member of the Anonymous hacking group has been convicted for his part in a series of cyber-attacks on Paypal and other major companies.”

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The Guardian, 6th December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bride jailed for downloading terror magazine – Daily Telegraph

Posted December 6th, 2012 in internet, news, sentencing, terrorism by sally

“A newly-married sister of two convicted terrorists was jailed for a year today for keeping al-Qaeda terrorist material on her mobile phone.”

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Daily Telegraph, 6th December 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Judge strikes down Facebook page “Keeping our Kids Safe From Predators” – UK Human Rights Blog

Posted December 6th, 2012 in anonymity, criminal records, injunctions, internet, news, sexual offences by sally

“This fascinating case comes to light in the midst of general astonishment at the minimal attention paid in the Leveson Report to the ‘wild west’ of the internet and the question of social media regulation.”

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UK Human Rights Blog, 5th December 2012

Source: www.ukhumanrightsblog.com

Internet traffic data and debt collection: privacy implications – Panopticon

Posted December 6th, 2012 in data protection, EC law, internet, news, privacy by sally

“Mr Probst was a subscriber to the internet service provider (ISP) Verizon. He failed to pay his bill. A company called ‘nexnet’, the assignee of Verizon’s debt, sought to collect the sums due. In doing so, it obtained and used his internet traffic data in accordance with its ‘data protection and confidentiality agreement’ with Verizon. Disinclined to pay up, Mr Probst argued that nexnet had processed his personal data unlawfully and that the relevant terms of its agreement with Verizon purporting to sanction that processing were void. The first-instance German court agreed with him, but the appellate court did not.”

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Panopticon, 5th December 2012

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Internet surveillance will save lives, says Theresa May – Daily Telegraph

“Lives will be saved by new internet powers allowing security services and police to snoop on emails, web visits and social networking sites, Home Secretary Theresa May has said.”

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Daily Telegraph, 3rd December 2012

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk

Leveson report ignores the impact of the internet – The Guardian

Posted December 3rd, 2012 in internet, media, news, reports by sally

“The judge’s mammoth publication fails to grasp the impact of smartphones, Twitter and even drones on how news is made.”

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The Guardian, 2nd December 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Bar Council launches new online pupillage application system – Legal Week

Posted November 30th, 2012 in internet, news, pupillage by tracey

“The Bar Council is launching a new online pupillage application system which will allow chambers to tailor applications for the first time.”

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Legal Week, 27th November 2012

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Contempt of court law consultation highlights need for social media audit in businesses, says expert – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 30th, 2012 in consultations, contempt of court, internet, news by tracey

“Businesses should analyse their social media strategies to ensure that they have accounted for the possibility that comments employees make in blogs and on social networks such as Twitter may become subject to a contempt of court action, an expert has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 29th November 2012

Source: www.out-law.com

How Richard O’Dwyer’s love of films led to two-year struggle for liberty – The Guardian

Posted November 29th, 2012 in computer crime, copyright, extradition, human rights, internet, news by sally

“For Richard O’Dwyer, the extradition battle to decide his fate started with a knock on the door of his student room at dawn on a chill November morning in 2010 – and ended almost exactly two years later with a tweet, fresh from court.”

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The Guardian, 28th November 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Leveson: some of the key questions awaiting answers – The Guardian

“Lord Justice Leveson’s report is expected to cover much ground, and to set the stage for the next debate: what about the internet?”

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The Guardian, 28th November 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Richard O’Dwyer strikes deal to avoid US extradition – BBC News

Posted November 28th, 2012 in copyright, deferred prosecution agreements, extradition, internet, news by sally

“A student facing trial and possible imprisonment in the United States has struck a deal to avoid extradition, the High Court has been told.”

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BBC News, 28th November 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Norwich Pharmacal Relief – Panopticon

Posted November 28th, 2012 in confidentiality, disclosure, internet, news, proportionality, sport, third parties by sally

“If through no fault of his own a person gets mixed up in the tortious acts of others so as to facilitate their wrong-doing he may incur no personal liability but he comes under a duty to assist the person who has been wronged by giving him full information and disclosing the identity of the wrongdoers. Justice requires that he should co-operate in righting the wrong if he unwittingly facilitated its perpetration. This is the principle recognized by the House of Lords in Norwich Pharmacal Co v Customs and Excise Commissioners [1974] AC 133.”

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Panopticon, 28th November 2012

Source: www.panopticonblog.com

Balancing freedom of the press with the right to a fair trial – Law Commission

Posted November 28th, 2012 in consultations, contempt of court, freedom of expression, internet, juries, media, news by sally

“In a consultation opening today the Law Commission is asking whether the existing law on contempt of court continues to work effectively in light of the challenges posed by new media and the way these are used by the mainstream press and, increasingly, by citizen journalists.”

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Law Commission, 28th November 2012

Source: www.lawcommission.justice.gov.uk

Law Commission floats plans to stop jurors researching cases online – The Guardian

Posted November 28th, 2012 in consultations, contempt of court, internet, juries, media, news by sally

“Jurors who conduct online research on cases they are trying may need to be prosecuted under a new criminal offence, the Law Commission proposes in a consultation.”

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The Guardian, 28th November 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Does the internet mean game over for contempt of court? – The Guardian

Posted November 28th, 2012 in consultations, contempt of court, internet, juries, media, news by sally

“It is easy to argue that social media render the contempt laws unworkable. The challenge is to make current restrictions work.”

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The Guardian, 28th November 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

UK Tour Report #13: Social media and the employment law implications with Sean Jones QC – Charon QC

Posted November 28th, 2012 in contempt of court, employment, internet, malicious communications, media, news by sally

“Today, I am talking with Sean Jones QC of 11 KBW, a leading employment and public law set. We look at the employment law implications for use of social media in some depth and discuss the important case of Smith v Trafford Housing Trust [2012] EWHC 3221 (Ch).

We then move on to discuss practice at the Bar, the immediate to medium term prospects for barristers and Sean Jones QC provides some advice for prospective barristers.”

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Charon QC, 27th November 2012

Source: www.charonqc.wordpress.com

“Charon QC” is the blogging pseudonym of Mike Semple Piggot, editor of insitelaw newswire.

Lord McAlpine and the high cost of tweeting gossip – The Guardian

Posted November 27th, 2012 in defamation, internet, media, news, publishing by sally

“The identification of Lord McAlpine on various Twitter accounts, notwithstanding the fact that he was not actually named on BBC’s Newsnight, is yet another example of the unrestrained power of social media in the internet age.”

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The Guardian, 27th November 2012

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

YouView is sued over YourView naming dispute – BBC News

Posted November 26th, 2012 in injunctions, internet, news, telecommunications, trade marks, trade names by sally

“UK internet TV provider YouView has been sued for trademark infringement in a dispute over the product’s name.”

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BBC News, 26th November 2012

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

The Rugby Football Union v Consolidated Information Services Ltd (formerly Viagogo Ltd) (in liquidation) – WLR Daily

The Rugby Football Union v Consolidated Information Services Ltd (formerly Viagogo Ltd) (in liquidation) [2012] UKSC 55; [2012] WLR (D) 342

“When exercising its discretion as to whether to grant an order for the disclosure of information, which included the disclosure of personal data about identifiable individuals, the court was not confined to weighing the impact of the disclosure on the individuals concerned against the value to the claimant of obtaining the information, but was entitled have regard to other relevant factors including the strong public interest in allowing a claimant to vindicate his legal rights and whether the making of the order would deter similar wrongdoing in the future.”

WLR Daily, 21st November 2012

Source: www.iclr.co.uk

ISPs will first determine whether public Wi-Fi providers are subject to anti-piracy code, Ofcom says – OUT-LAW.com

Posted November 23rd, 2012 in copyright, internet, news by tracey

“Internet service providers (ISPs) will decide whether libraries, cafes and other public Wi-Fi network providers should be served with letters warning them that their service is being used to infringe copyright, Ofcom’s head of copyright has said.”

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OUT-LAW.com, 22nd November 2012

Source: www.out-law.com