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The European Commission is going to consult this year over take-down procedures for websites. Under the Electronic Commerce Directive, websites have no liability for illegal content that they host as long...
Google not liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted on its hosted service when brought to its attention as they were still disputed by the author – Davison v Habeeb and Google, High Court
Google was not liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted about Davison on Google’s hosted service at blogger.com, despite the online service giant having kept the comments up even after being told...
L’Oréal battle with eBay worth it as ECJ delivers stunning victory for the cosmetics brand in battle against trade mark infringers – L’Oréal v eBay, European Court of Justice
Some two years ago, the High Court ruled that eBay would not be jointly liable for trade mark infringements by its users who sold infringing products on its website. However, the ruling was referred to...
Digital Economy Act judicial review challenge fails – R (on the application of BT) v BIS, High Court
BT and TalkTalk have failed in their bid to get the Digital Economy Act judicially reviewed. The Act was rushed through just before the last Parliament broke up prior to last year’s General Election...
OFT publishes strategy to increase protection of consumer rights when shopping online, including better enforcement
The Office of Fair Trading has published a strategy document to better protect consumers who shop online in the UK. The OFT would like to undertake more effective enforcement, improve compliance by businesses...
Internet publishers and ISPs plead for libel law reform
Internet service providers and major web sites such as Facebook, Yahoo! and AOL have clubbed together to write to the Government asking for online libel law to be changed. Under the European Union’s...
Digital Economy Act to undergo judicial review
The Digital Economy Act is going to be judicially reviewed. The Act was rushed through just before the last Parliament broke up prior to this year’s General Election. The Act was passed in a rush in...
Spanish court confirms YouTube not liable for copyright infringement in uploaded material
A Spanish court has confirmed that YouTube is not liable for the infringement of copyright in videos uploaded by users. The user generated content site service provider only becomes liable if it fails...
CAP Code to apply to material on own websites
The CAP Code is being extended to apply to material on organisations’ own websites. The CAP Code is a code of practice governing the content of adverts and marketing communications. It is administered...
Argentina overturns previous ruling that had made search engines liable for links to content relating to superstars
An Argentinian appeal court has overturned a controversial 2008 ruling in which search engines had been made liable for the content of sites to which those search engines provided links in the results...