“Police would be able to warn women if a new partner had a violent past under plans to reduce the number of deaths and injuries from domestic abuse being considered by the home secretary, Theresa May.”
The Guardian, 17th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A crackdown on offshore gambling companies that operate in the UK has been launched by the government in a move that is expected to clear the way for a tax grab by the Treasury.”
The Guardian, 14th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Companies that set up websites to charge for free Government services could be in breach of consumer protection laws, The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 14th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Britain is failing to prosecute enough terrorists and the security services are struggling to obtain intelligence because of the sophistication of modern communications, the government has disclosed.”
Daily Telegraph, 12th July 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“EBay and other online marketplaces will be liable for sellers’ trade mark infringements if they promote infringing sales or help sellers to ‘optimise’ their pages, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has ruled.”
OUT-LAW.com, 12th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“A report into a whether website blocking measures are viable is to be published shortly, the Culture Minister has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 11th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Government plans to make more services available online and to use cloud computing to deliver public services need to be clearer on how information will be protected, a House of Commons committee has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 7th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The Government should approve the creation of a new digital copyright exchange and should make some legal protections available only to musicians who sign up to it, a campaigner for music artists’ interests has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 6th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“The UK’s Security Service wrongly gathered information about innocent telephone users during criminal surveillance, a report into the interception of communications has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 5th July 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Omnipresent nature of news online makes it increasingly difficult for jurors not to stumble across court case details.”
The Guardian, 5th July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“British website owners could face extradition to the US on piracy charges even if their operation has no connection to America and does something which is most probably legal in the UK, the official leading US web anti-piracy efforts has told the Guardian.”
The Guardian, 3rd July 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Film industry representatives have asked a UK court to force BT to block its customers’ access to a UK-operated website it says violates copyright rights.”
OUT-LAW.com, 30th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Colin Firth’s box office hit The King’s Speech is at the heart of a landmark court battle over online piracy between Hollywood film giants and Britain’s largest internet service provider, BT.”
The Guardian, 28th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A court has ordered an online trader to refund consumers that he failed to deliver goods or pay refunds to, the UK’s consumer protection regulator the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“BT and TalkTalk have been refused permission to appeal against their failed legal challenge of the Digital Economy Act.”
The Guardian, 21st June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“Businesses will be able to register website domain names with almost any ending and in any language from next year under plans approved by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN).”
OUT-LAW.com, 20th June 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
“Government plans to curb illicit filesharing under the Digital Economy Act will have cost rights holders, Ofcom and internet providers almost £6m by the time the controversial legislation is implemented next year, according to figures released under the Freedom of Information Act.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“A man has been cleared of harassing his wife’s millionaire lover on the internet in ‘a victory for free speech and the small man’.”
The Guardian, 17th June 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The government is to launch an investigation into the growing problem of cyberstalking, The Independent has learnt.”
The Independent, 18th June 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
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