items tagged with Law
Sex choice adverts banned from search engines in India
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-08-16 20:48:13
Internet censorship has many and varied faces. The latest revealed itself in India as the Supreme Court ordered Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to stop serving up adverts for sites that promote sex selection services.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-08-16 20:48:13
Internet censorship has many and varied faces. The latest revealed itself in India as the Supreme Court ordered Google, Microsoft and Yahoo to stop serving up adverts for sites that promote sex selection services.
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Dell makes grab for the Cloud Computing trademark
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-08-03 10:22:02
Despite hardly being the first name that springs to mind when cloud computing technology is mentioned, Dell looks set to successfully trademark the generic 'cloud computing' term after its formal application was published for opposition and nobody bothered to complain...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-08-03 10:22:02
Despite hardly being the first name that springs to mind when cloud computing technology is mentioned, Dell looks set to successfully trademark the generic 'cloud computing' term after its formal application was published for opposition and nobody bothered to complain...
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eBay rebels strike back and take eBay to court!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-07-13 02:22:25
Launching an all out rebel assault against the dark side of the eBay and PayPal empire, the latest action from the eBay rebels sees them seeking recourse through the Australian court system. No longer relying on “using the force”, the rebels have decided to “use the courts”, instead!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-07-13 02:22:25
Launching an all out rebel assault against the dark side of the eBay and PayPal empire, the latest action from the eBay rebels sees them seeking recourse through the Australian court system. No longer relying on “using the force”, the rebels have decided to “use the courts”, instead!
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Oh Lord, make the banks pay for cybercrime
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-07-08 20:30:37
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is urging the Government to introduce legislation to make banks pay for cybercrime coupled with a data security breach disclosure law for the UK.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-07-08 20:30:37
The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee is urging the Government to introduce legislation to make banks pay for cybercrime coupled with a data security breach disclosure law for the UK.
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Viacom: All your YouTube viewing data are belong to us
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-03 05:14:32
A judge has ordered that YouTube must hand over every record of every video watched by YouTube users to Viacom. That's the user name, address and IP address relating to every video clip you ever watched. The data, contained on a set of four terabyte hard drives, is to be used to help Viacom prove that copyright infringing material is more popular than user-generated video content. And increase the liability of Google if Viacom wins its $1 billion copyright infringement case, of course. Meanwhile, it seems, all your YouTube viewing history belongs to Viacom...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-07-03 05:14:32
A judge has ordered that YouTube must hand over every record of every video watched by YouTube users to Viacom. That's the user name, address and IP address relating to every video clip you ever watched. The data, contained on a set of four terabyte hard drives, is to be used to help Viacom prove that copyright infringing material is more popular than user-generated video content. And increase the liability of Google if Viacom wins its $1 billion copyright infringement case, of course. Meanwhile, it seems, all your YouTube viewing history belongs to Viacom...
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New law says computer repair guys in Texas must also be licensed private investigators!!!
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-07-02 06:47:12
If you want to repair computers in Texas then you need to complete a three year apprenticeship and get your private investigator license first. Either that or face a year in jail, according to an amendment to the Texas Occupations Code...
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-07-02 06:47:12
If you want to repair computers in Texas then you need to complete a three year apprenticeship and get your private investigator license first. Either that or face a year in jail, according to an amendment to the Texas Occupations Code...
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Don't Be Evil Google sued for a billion over IP theft charges
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-06-26 10:06:03
A Chicago start-up business has filed a $1 Billion lawsuit against Google. LimitNone accuses the search giant of stealing its migration tool technology.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Search engines
2008-06-26 10:06:03
A Chicago start-up business has filed a $1 Billion lawsuit against Google. LimitNone accuses the search giant of stealing its migration tool technology.
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eBay: archaic trading laws are harming EU consumers
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-06-23 08:04:40
eBay launches lobbying campaign aimed at the European Parliament, arguing that EU laws damage trade. In a wonderful display of thumb suck sulking, eBay complains that traditional retailers are exploiting the rules to benefit their business. Well duh!
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Commerce
2008-06-23 08:04:40
eBay launches lobbying campaign aimed at the European Parliament, arguing that EU laws damage trade. In a wonderful display of thumb suck sulking, eBay complains that traditional retailers are exploiting the rules to benefit their business. Well duh!
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French say non to pirates with year long Internet ban
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-06-22 16:54:48
France gets set to get tough on Internet pirates as President Sarkozy tells his cabinet there is no reason why it should be a lawless zone. The HADOPI bill, if made law, will see persistent offenders being banned by all French ISPs.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-06-22 16:54:48
France gets set to get tough on Internet pirates as President Sarkozy tells his cabinet there is no reason why it should be a lawless zone. The HADOPI bill, if made law, will see persistent offenders being banned by all French ISPs.
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Sexy texting in Scotland punishable by 10 year prison term
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-06-22 09:28:31
A new crime of 'communicating indecently' covering both email and text messaging has been announced in Scotland. Randy Scots who send messages of a sexual nature could face up to 10 years in jail as a result of the new Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Regulatory
2008-06-22 09:28:31
A new crime of 'communicating indecently' covering both email and text messaging has been announced in Scotland. Randy Scots who send messages of a sexual nature could face up to 10 years in jail as a result of the new Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill.
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