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18 Dec 2003
Warner Home Video UK has sued software company 321 Studios over its DVD copying software that circumvents security features in DVDs and lets consumers make back-up copies. The suit follows new UK digital copyright laws coming into force.
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18 Dec 2003
The European Commission gave approval this week to controversial privacy protections to protect the personal details of US-bound air passengers. Since March, passenger details have been going to US Customs, in breach of EU DP laws.
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18 Dec 2003
After a landmark Court of Appeal ruling this month, the Information Commissioner yesterday confirmed he will review his Data Protection guidance to reflect a more restrictive balancing of data protection and privacy rights.
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18 Dec 2003
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority yesterday issued rulings against two companies that had sent unsolicited commercial e-mail without the explicit consent of recipients. The e-mails breached a new Code of Practice.
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17 Dec 2003
The FTC is going to trial against a company that irritates PC users with its barrage of pop-up adverts – which only promote its pop-up blocking software. The FTC says it's like vandals throwing bricks through windows to sell home-security.
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17 Dec 2003
President Bush has signed his country's first federal anti-spam law. From 1st January it establishes a framework of administrative, civil, and criminal tools to tackle unsolicited commercial e-mail. But critics say it's narrow and weak.
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17 Dec 2003
The UK High Court ruled last week that Nestlé could not make major amendments to its application for a 3D trade mark in the middle of the application process. The confectionary giant wanted to protect the shape of a Polo mint.
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17 Dec 2003
One in seven consumer-facing web sites failed a simple link integrity test, revealing one or more errors severe enough to cause visitors to defect, according to a report based on a study of 239 well-known sites by Jupiter Research.
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16 Dec 2003
Roxio is accused by storage specialist Optima Technology of patent infringement over its software that allows users to burn files onto recordable CDs. Optima has offered $1m to anyone who could find infringements of its patent.
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16 Dec 2003
Douglas Alexander yesterday announced the Government's intention to appoint a Head of e-Government, and to scrap the role of e-envoy which was responsible for making all Government services available electronically by 2005.
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