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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Copyright Damages for File-sharing Site |
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TorrentSpy which facilitated the sharing of copyright files by hosting a collection of links to films and music has been ordered to pay substantial damages for copyright infringement.
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| "Whaling" Attack Targets Senior Executives |
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In the US phishers appear to have moved up the food chain selecting high net worth individuals leading the New York Times to coin the term "whaling" for those phishing attacks.
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Defamation and Wikis |
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Wikipedia faces court action in the US regarding alleged defamatory comments posted on its website by a contributor
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Government Information Repository Survey |
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Opportunity to contribute to identifying what the key features of a central repository offering long-term electronic access to British official publications
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Make Data Protection a Priority |
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The Information Commissioner has once again urged public sector officials to make data protection a priority in their organisations.
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Ruling on Copyright and Music File Sharing |
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In a recent case involving sharing of music files by college students, a court in US has ruled that the uploading of music files to share does not constitute copyright violation unless some one downloads them
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Search Engines Break Law by Enriching Personal Data |
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An advisory body of the European Commission has said that enrichment of personal data by search engines of its users constitutes breach of data protection laws.
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Ofcom Publish Report on Social Networking |
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The Ofcom report highlights the high percentage of children under 14 and other users in general, who join the social networking sites with little awareness of the need to protect their privacy
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Scottish Information Commissioner Publishes 2007 Annual Report |
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The report provides a breakdown of appeals made to the Commissioner since January 2005
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| ICO Challenges Fingerprinting at Airport |
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The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has challenged the plans of airport operator BAA to fingerprint passengers using the new fifth terminal at Heathrow Airport.
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| High Court Says Yes to Software Patents |
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Yet another decision from the High Court heralds the victory of patents being granted to computer programs.
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Mistrust at Governments Handling of Personal Data |
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A survey by the British Computer Society (BCS) has revealed that majority of the UK population do not trust government institutions to take adequate care of their personal data.
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Report on Work and Operation of the Copyright Tribunal |
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The Innovation, Universities and Skills Committee will publish its report on the work and operation of the Copyright Tribunal tomorrow morning 20 March 2008
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Phishing Targets Universities |
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It has been reported that students at Universities in the US has been subject to Phishing attack through scam emails disguised as originating from IT support teams at their University.
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Preventing Note Swapping through Copyright |
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Professors at some Universities in the US are starting to copyright their teaching materials like powerpoints and lecture notes in order to prevent students and other staff members from swapping and sharing teaching material through websites like NoteSwap.com.
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| The Legal Minefield of Filesharing Law |
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Legal experts analysing the UK Governments move to clamp down illegal file sharing by forcing ISPs to police the internet has opinioned that any legilsation towards this is technolgically unworkable and will create a legal minefield of issues.
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| No Syping without Permission, says German High Court |
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In a recent decision, Germany's Higher Court has curtailed the powers of security services in spying on the computers of suspected criminals and terrorists.
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Legal Sanctions for ISPs |
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The UK Government has laid down new proposals whereby Internet Services Providers (ISPs) could be held liable and face legal sanctions for illegal downloads by their customers.
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| User Generated Content Subject to Broadcasting Code |
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In a recent decision Ofcom has ruled that broadcasters are responsible for ensuring compliance of user-generated content they broadcast with the Broadcasting Code.
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05/09/2008 05:47 PM |
| Computer Programs Patentable, Rules UK High Court |
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In a recent decision, the UK High Court has ruled that computer programs are patentable.
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