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22 Dec 2011
Shutting down social media during times of civil unrest would be "actively unhelpful" and should not happen, a committee of MPs has said.
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21 Dec 2011
The UK's video-on-demand (VOD) regulator has reversed its previous rulings that videos on newspaper websites were subject to its regulation after Ofcom said it was wrong to rule that The Sun's video content was subject to VOD rules.
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21 Dec 2011
Newspaper editors will have to justify why they believe breaches of the Editors' Code of Practice were in the public interest following an update to the Code's rules.
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19 Dec 2011
Sky has blocked access to a copyright infringing website following a UK court order, the company has said.
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16 Dec 2011
Databases of football fixture lists are not protected by EU database copyright laws because the creation of the fixtures themselves is not part of what the EU law protects, an advisor to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has said.
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15 Dec 2011
OPINION: When Europe introduced new rules on cookies many, including us, were up in arms about the confusing implementation of a potentially troubling law. But new guidance from the privacy regulator may give web publishers a glimmer of hope.
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15 Dec 2011
Website publishers must do more to make sure that they are in compliance with new laws introduced this year on informing web users about the use of cookies, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has said.
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07 Dec 2011
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) was advised that information uncovered during Operation Motorman contained evidence that journalists had data protection offences but was advised not to pursue prosecutions, the Leveson inquiry has been told....
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05 Dec 2011
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) had enough evidence to prosecute journalists for unlawfully obtaining personal data found during the watchdog's Operation Motorman investigation, a former senior investigator at the ICO has said.
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01 Dec 2011
The European Commission has appointed a mediator to hold talks aimed at creating a consistent approach to copyright levies across Europe. Discussions will begin early next year and could result in changes to EU copyright law, the Commission said.
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