8 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The Government’s controversial clause in the Digital Economy Bill, in which it could have changed copyright laws without having to go through Parliament, has been struck out by the House of Lords. A...
Tags on this discussion: copyright copyright infringement debill Digital Economy Bill Intellectual property intellectual property rights user-generated content
4 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick
The European Commission has proposed a new law spanning the European Union which would aim to increase cross-border trade. In 2008, only 7% of web site transaction were made cross-borders. Viviane Reding,...
Tags on this discussion: 28th regime B2C business-to-consumer contract contract law contracts cross-border European Commission
1 March 2010 | Mark Weston
A decision of an Italian criminal court has sent shockwaves around the Internet. Four Google executives, including its global privacy legal counsel, have been given suspended prison sentences for user-generated...
Tags on this discussion: e-commerce E-Commerce Regulations European Union intermediary liability take-down UGC user-generated content
26 February 2010 | Mark Weston
The Advertising Standard Agency has rebuked Dabs, the online retailer, for advertising prices in its printed brochures that were not accurate. Dabs argued that its prices changed regularly and its printed...
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18 February 2010 | Mark Weston
A web site called PleaseRobMe has been set up to post details of when people are away from home. The founders claim that they use data that people post on the Internet and put it in one place to show how...
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18 February 2010 | Mark Weston
People could be convicted of criminal offences under English laws despite their material being published in a US server, the Court of Appeal has ruled. The defendants had been involved with writing or...
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16 February 2010 | Mark Weston
An Australian court has ruled that an Internet service provider was not liable for the unauthorised peer-to-peer file-sharing habits of users to whom the ISP merely provided access. Roadshow Films claimed...
Tags on this discussion: copryight infringement copyright file-sharing Intellectual property intellectul property rights Internet service provider ISP peer-to-peer
11 February 2010 | Mark Weston
Since 2004, A had been operating the blinkx.com web site, which was an Internet service providing access to film, television and video content. In 2008, B started up its own site at blinkbox.com, which...
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11 February 2010 | Mark Weston
Between 2006 and 2009, consumers’ awareness of their rights while shopping online has risen, whilst the e-tailers selling to them have increased their legal compliance. That is according to research...
Tags on this discussion: consumer laws e-commerce Office of Fair Trading OFT Online online shopping
10 February 2010 | Mark Weston
A special police unit has been formed to crack down on material posted on web sites that breach the Terrorism Act 2006. The Act gave police the power to require any material useful for terrorist activities...
Tags on this discussion: cybercrime illegal Online Terrorism Act
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