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28 Jun 2002
Major US publishers this week sued Gator, a business that, in effect, sells advertising space on third party web sites – without the authorisation of those third parties. However, the lawsuit raises the question of who should control what a user...
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28 Jun 2002
Two new Orders were made this week under the UK’s Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act by the Secretary of State following the approval by Parliament of drafts earlier this month. They give effect to Codes of Practice on covert surveillance...
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28 Jun 2002
ICANN, the body that oversees internet domain names, has proposed reforms to help individuals and businesses fight cybersquatters. It plans to introduce a new system that would give the owners of domain names a 30-day grace period to renew their registration....
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28 Jun 2002
Security concerns forced the Inland Revenue to suspend plans to communicate with millions of taxpayers by e-mail.The department fears that hackers could intercept e-mails by pretending to be the Revenue's chairman.
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27 Jun 2002
Akamai and Speedera, e-business infrastructure and content delivery rivals, filed lawsuits against each other in California yesterday.
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27 Jun 2002
A US Congressman, Howard Berman, this week announced plans for controversial new legislation to address copyright infringement on decentralised peer-to-peer (P2) networks, such as KaZaA and Morpheus.
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27 Jun 2002
Exxon Mobile has asked a French court to order Greenpeace to remove from a protest site a doctored version of its Esso logo which replaced the middle letters with two dollar signs. It is also seeking to have the French version of the site shutdown. The...
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27 Jun 2002
A California appellate court affirmed yesterday that eBay, the US-based internet auction house, is not liable for the sale of fake sports memorabilia on its web site.
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26 Jun 2002
In an on-line questionnaire launched yesterday, the European Commission is seeking views on the implementation of the 1995 Data Protection Directive. It hopes to collect the views of governments, public authorities, businesses of all sizes and individuals....
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26 Jun 2002
WorldCom, the US long distance telephone and data services company, confirmed yesterday that it intends to restate its financial results for the last five quarters, after discovering serious accounting improprieties.
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