items tagged with Law
Trafigura gagging order lifted as Twitter and Guardian win free speech victory
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-10-13 07:49:32
News is breaking that solicitors Carter Ruck has now "dropped its claim that to report parliament would be a contempt of court" just before a legal challenge was due to be heard in the High Court. Twitter users can celebrate playing their part in helping to defend the freedom of the press. iTWire reveals all...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-10-13 07:49:32
News is breaking that solicitors Carter Ruck has now "dropped its claim that to report parliament would be a contempt of court" just before a legal challenge was due to be heard in the High Court. Twitter users can celebrate playing their part in helping to defend the freedom of the press. iTWire reveals all...
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British High Court allows injunction by Twitter
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-10-04 21:48:23
A legal precedent has been set in the UK, allowing the service of a High Court injunction via Twitter. The case concerns copyright infringement associated with the impersonation of a semi-public figure.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-10-04 21:48:23
A legal precedent has been set in the UK, allowing the service of a High Court injunction via Twitter. The case concerns copyright infringement associated with the impersonation of a semi-public figure.
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Lawyer demands jury stops Googling
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-09-17 05:46:38
Using Google to research a news story is easy on your iPhone. Which is why one lawyer wants jurors to stop doing it.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2009-09-17 05:46:38
Using Google to research a news story is easy on your iPhone. Which is why one lawyer wants jurors to stop doing it.
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What has wound up Trevor Bayliss?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2009-09-03 08:00:50
Trevor Bayliss is perhaps most famous for inventing the wind-up radio, but now he's getting wound up about intellectual property rights.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2009-09-03 08:00:50
Trevor Bayliss is perhaps most famous for inventing the wind-up radio, but now he's getting wound up about intellectual property rights.
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Twitter orders app developer to cease and desist
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-08-12 06:47:28
People have got used to Apple telling iPhone app developers to get stuffed, but now Twitter is beating some third party app developers with a big legal stick.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2009-08-12 06:47:28
People have got used to Apple telling iPhone app developers to get stuffed, but now Twitter is beating some third party app developers with a big legal stick.
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Sexting could lead to criminal charges: cyber safety expert
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-14 00:48:23
Teenagers need to be much more aware of the legal and potential criminal implications of sexting – sending inappropriate images – of themselves over the Internet to friends, or even placing their photos on social networking sites like Facebook, according to a cyber safety expert.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-06-14 00:48:23
Teenagers need to be much more aware of the legal and potential criminal implications of sexting – sending inappropriate images – of themselves over the Internet to friends, or even placing their photos on social networking sites like Facebook, according to a cyber safety expert.
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Gary McKinnon's suicidal hacker defence
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Network Security
2009-06-09 07:59:03
Facing up to 70 years in a US prison, self-confessed NASA hacker Gary McKinnon is now getting desperate as extradition beckons.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Network Security
2009-06-09 07:59:03
Facing up to 70 years in a US prison, self-confessed NASA hacker Gary McKinnon is now getting desperate as extradition beckons.
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GOTCHA! EU takes UK to court over Phorm snooping trials
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-15 04:48:15
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-15 04:48:15
The UK has structurally flawed data protection and privacy laws which allowed secret Internet snooping trials to take place. Now the European Union is stepping in to try and force the UK Government to take action.
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All your email are belong to us
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-07 17:31:28
EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow once said that "relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds." Guess who has just put the new blinds up in Britain?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Server
2009-04-07 17:31:28
EFF co-founder John Perry Barlow once said that "relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds." Guess who has just put the new blinds up in Britain?
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Twittering juror grounds for appeal
Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2009-03-17 18:34:29
Defense lawyers in a Pennsylvania corruption trial claim that a juror's Tweets show that he was biased. They plan to present the Tweets as evidence in their appeal.
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Written By: Jake Widman
Section: Information technology news
Category: Mobiles
2009-03-17 18:34:29
Defense lawyers in a Pennsylvania corruption trial claim that a juror's Tweets show that he was biased. They plan to present the Tweets as evidence in their appeal.
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BigHand of the law for Freehills with national software rollout
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-03-11 23:02:43
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts
2009-03-11 23:02:43
Law firm Freehills has announced a roll out of BigHand a digital dictation workflow system to more than1,000 staff in its Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane offices, with the Singapore office to follow later this month.
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Dell: All Your Netbooks Are Not Belong To Psion
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-21 08:07:07
Dell desperately wants a bigger share of the netbook market, but it also wants to be able to call them netbooks and is taking the trademark fight to Psion.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-21 08:07:07
Dell desperately wants a bigger share of the netbook market, but it also wants to be able to call them netbooks and is taking the trademark fight to Psion.
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British PCs can now hack your personal computer without a warrant
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-06 09:39:07
The friendly British Bobby has just been given the right to remotely hack into the computers of UK citizens without notifying the owners, or bothering with a search warrant, or even passing an act of parliament for that matter.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-06 09:39:07
The friendly British Bobby has just been given the right to remotely hack into the computers of UK citizens without notifying the owners, or bothering with a search warrant, or even passing an act of parliament for that matter.
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Study: lawbreakers make law-abiding citizens into criminals
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-01-03 12:23:54
When littering, stealing, and trespassing is seen by law-abiding people, such petty crimes cause normally well-behaved people to break the law more frequently than usual, and to spread "social disorder" throughout the community.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Science
Category: Biology
2009-01-03 12:23:54
When littering, stealing, and trespassing is seen by law-abiding people, such petty crimes cause normally well-behaved people to break the law more frequently than usual, and to spread "social disorder" throughout the community.
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Does crime pay? Online crims enjoy massive boom
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-24 21:08:24
Symantec’s latest report on the “underground economy” shows that online criminals are enjoying their biggest ever boom, just as the world is experiencing economic turmoil. Never before has online crime been so big or so bad – but there definitely are things you can do to protect yourself!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-24 21:08:24
Symantec’s latest report on the “underground economy” shows that online criminals are enjoying their biggest ever boom, just as the world is experiencing economic turmoil. Never before has online crime been so big or so bad – but there definitely are things you can do to protect yourself!
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Law lagging behind the new media?
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-11-11 02:02:05
In recent times the communications industry has thrown up so many conundrums and queries and proposed so many legal hurdles that the law is having trouble keeping up with what's happening. An upcoming conference intends to take steps towards addressing this problem.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-11-11 02:02:05
In recent times the communications industry has thrown up so many conundrums and queries and proposed so many legal hurdles that the law is having trouble keeping up with what's happening. An upcoming conference intends to take steps towards addressing this problem.
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Pervert viewed child porn at public library
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-24 09:43:55
Thank goodness that not all paedophiles are clever, cunning and stealthy. Some are just plain and simple morons, which makes catching them all that much easier. Take the case of Mark Bowness, caught viewing child porn images at his local public library, for example...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-09-24 09:43:55
Thank goodness that not all paedophiles are clever, cunning and stealthy. Some are just plain and simple morons, which makes catching them all that much easier. Take the case of Mark Bowness, caught viewing child porn images at his local public library, for example...
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Microsoft granted Page Up Page Down patent
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-08-22 05:13:59
If patenting the obvious is considered something of an art form in the world of IT, then Microsoft is undoubtedly an old master. The Page Up Page Down patent it has been granted would seem to confirm this...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Vendors
2008-08-22 05:13:59
If patenting the obvious is considered something of an art form in the world of IT, then Microsoft is undoubtedly an old master. The Page Up Page Down patent it has been granted would seem to confirm this...
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Universal Music was wrong about YouTube dancing baby
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-08-21 15:22:43
A US federal judge has ruled that fair use rules do apply to YouTube video clips and must be taken into account before issuing takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Which means the dancing baby can keep going crazy to Prince after all...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-08-21 15:22:43
A US federal judge has ruled that fair use rules do apply to YouTube video clips and must be taken into account before issuing takedown notices under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Which means the dancing baby can keep going crazy to Prince after all...
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It’s the law: open source doesn't mean no copyright
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-17 09:28:02
Open source software has long been accepted as a legitimate software license by tech-savvy crowds. It's become recognised by business. And even the courts are taking seriously open source software authors rights despite the fact no money has changed hands. This month an Artistic License was tested in court in the case of Robert Jacobsen vs KAM Industries, and upheld as enforceable copyright conditions. It was a landmark decision ratifying the philosophical basis behind FOSS.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-08-17 09:28:02
Open source software has long been accepted as a legitimate software license by tech-savvy crowds. It's become recognised by business. And even the courts are taking seriously open source software authors rights despite the fact no money has changed hands. This month an Artistic License was tested in court in the case of Robert Jacobsen vs KAM Industries, and upheld as enforceable copyright conditions. It was a landmark decision ratifying the philosophical basis behind FOSS.
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