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The British Recorded Music Industry (BPI), the UK’s music industry trade body, has followed up the court order obtained by the Motion Picture Association to force BT to block access to Newzbin2, the...
Film studios ask more ISPs to block Newzbin2
Following its recent success in obtaining a court order for BT to block access to its users to Newzbin2, the file-sharing website, the Motion Picture Association (MPA) has asked two more Internet service...
BT given 14 days to block access to Newzbin2 – Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and others v BT, High Court
Following the recent ruling of the High Court which ordered BT to block its users’ access to Newzbin2, an illegal file-sharing and download website, the High Court has now confirmed the details of the...
Police could be given powers to act as judge and jury in suspending domain names and websites without court order
Police could be given powers to suspend the use of domain names and websites without getting a court order. Nominet – the domain name registry in charge of the operation of the “.uk” domain names...
Twitter agrees to UK council request to disclose details of Tweeter
Twitter has agreed to disclose the details to South Tyneside Council of a user who was critical of the council on its site. The Californian-based organisation received a request from a Californian court...
Wikipedia ordered to release IP address of suspected blackmailer – G and G v Wikimedia, High Court
The publishers of Wikipedia – the user-generated online encyclopaedia – has been ordered by the High Court to reveal the details of a suspected blackmailer. The Wikimedia Foundation was happy to reveal...