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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...
Court order changed so that Sir Fred Goodwin now named in privacy injunction following his naming in Parliament but other details to remain private – Goodwin v News Group Newspapers
Sir Fred Goodwin’s anonymity has been revoked following the revelation of his name as being at the centre of a super-injunction, by a Parliamentarian under Parliamentary privilege. The former boss of...
Parliament and social networking sites take on courts in Premier League footballer super-injunction row
The story has become so common now. Celebrity takes part in questionable extra-marital practices; participant wants to sell their story to the newspapers; celebrity applies for super-injunction that prohibits...
Battle of the forms dispute results in neither party’s terms applying – GHSP v AB Electronic, High Court
This case surrounded the so-called battle of the forms. That is where each side refers to their own terms and conditions applying in their documents such as quotations, orders, order acknowledgements,...