Fri, May, 9 2008
MEPs today voted for a bigger role for intellectual property in sports, stoking a copyright head-to-head between the powerful governing bodies of world sport and the media organisations that seek to report it.
Thu, May, 8 2008
JK Rowling's court victory against a paparazzi agency has confirmed that the scope of privacy law is wide and will make it easier for others to gain its protection, a privacy law expert has said.
Thu, May, 8 2008
The Court of Appeal's ruling in JK Rowling's privacy case confirms that a breach of other laws can result in an automatic breach of the Data Protection Act, an expert has said.
Thu, May, 8 2008
ITV has been fined £5.67 million by Ofcom for abuse of premium-rate phone lines in television competitions. It is the highest fine the media regulator has ever imposed and is added to the £7.8m ITV has already pledged to repay viewers or give to charity.
