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20 Dec 2011
Information society service providers are not obliged to monitor users' activity in order to identify and prevent copyright infringement because such a requirement would lead to the invasion of users' privacy, an Italian court has ruled.
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30 Nov 2011
Google does not have to pay damages to a UK intelligence adviser for "very modest" defamation she suffered, the High Court has ruled.
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25 Nov 2011
Ofcom will force UK internet service providers (ISPs) to provide a minimum quality of service to consumers if it thinks providers are overly restricting access to content over their networks, it has said.
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24 Nov 2011
Court injunctions that force internet service providers (ISPs) to filter and monitor user traffic in order to prevent illegal file-sharing are contrary to EU law and fundamental rights, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.
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18 Nov 2011
Several major internet companies have expressed their "concern" at draft US laws that aim to combat online copyright infringement by foreign websites.
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24 Oct 2011
An independent appeals body will determine the precise scope of new regulations on online copyright infringement, Ofcom has said, according to media reports.
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20 Oct 2011
Web hosts and ISPs should be allowed to keep allegedly defamatory comments online as long as the author of the comment is identified and a notice of complaint is published alongside the comment, a Parliamentary committee has recommended.
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10 Oct 2011
BT and TalkTalk have been granted permission to appeal a High Court ruling on the legality of the UK's Digital Economy Act (DEA).
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06 Oct 2011
A law which gives US citizens certain rights to privacy over their electronic communications also gives protection to non-US citizens if their data is stored on US servers, a US court has ruled.
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05 Sep 2011
UK police could be able to order the suspension of website domain names without first having to obtain a court order under new plans being considered by a domain name registry.
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