April 2002 Articles

    • Porn network to screen affiliate sites for copyright breaches

      30 Apr 2002

      A publisher has won a court order against an operator of a network for access to porn sites that requires the company to screen its 300,000 affiliate sites for copyright infringement, according to a report by Newsbytes.

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    • Company tax base could be unified in Europe

      30 Apr 2002

      The European Commission is proposing that companies should be allowed to use a single consolidated tax base for their EU-wide business activities, a suggestion that has won the support of 500 tax specialists attending its tax conference this week.

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    • Views on Code of Practice for UK interception law

      30 Apr 2002

      The UK Government has finally published comments received during a consultation period which ended in November 2000, with the intent of preparing a long-overdue Code of Practice for the UK’s law on the interception of communications.

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    • Visa scheme for foreign workers in UK is being abused, says PCG

      30 Apr 2002

      The Professional Contractors Group (PCG) has handed more than 100 examples of Fast Track Visa abuse to the Home Office to demonstrate that the UK Government’s system for importing foreign labour does not work and is affecting the contracting sector...

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    • Rules for internet banking in China

      29 Apr 2002

      The People’s Bank of China has implemented rules which will govern those offering e-money services in the country, according to the China Economic Information Network. The rules include frequent reporting obligations.

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    • Klez variants infect 7.2% of all computers, says anti-virus developer

      29 Apr 2002

      An independent survey suggests that 7.2% of the world’s computers have been infected by the many variations of the Klez worm, making it more widespread than Sircam or Nimda, according to Panda Software, an anti-virus software developer that commissioned...

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    • E-money rules take effect in the UK

      29 Apr 2002

      The Financial Services Authority of the UK has set out a new regime for the regulation of e-money issuers that aims to both protect consumers and facilitate innovation in e-commerce. The new regime came into effect on 27th April 2002, the deadline for...

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    • Canada bans decoding of US satellite TV signals

      29 Apr 2002

      The Supreme Court of Canada last week declared illegal a grey market in the country that sells signals from US satellite television broadcasts even though the US companies are not licensed to sell to Canadians. Some Canadians "stole" the US signals using...

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    • UK’s biggest crackdown on internet child porn

      25 Apr 2002

      Yesterday, dawn raids across the UK resulted in the arrest of 27 individuals on charges relating to internet child porn, the biggest raid of its kind in the UK. Officers used software developed by an e-mail filtering company to assist in targeting users...

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    • EU protection for workers’ salaries if employer insolvent

      25 Apr 2002

      A committee of the European Parliament approved this week a report on a draft Directive for the protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer. The aim is to harmonise the laws of the Member States in this area.

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