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30 Jun 2006
The Swedish company which offers insurance against file sharing law suits will expand into other Scandinavian countries. Founder and owner Magnus Brath told OUT-LAW that "very similar" legal regimes in Denmark and Norway make a move likely.
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30 Jun 2006
The US government is funding research into social networking sites and how to gather and store personal data published on them, according to the New Scientist magazine.
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30 Jun 2006
The Court of Appeal in Paris has backed Louis Vuitton in a dispute over trademark infringement and has increased the damages that Google must pay.
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30 Jun 2006
Spammers are using picture messages to bypass email filters, according to an information security firm. The images evade detection from filters mostly based on keywords, according to the company.
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30 Jun 2006
Open source software company Red Hat is being sued in the US for patent infringement. Patent experts are watching the case closely because the patent in question is seen as being wide in scope and any judgment could affect future software patent cases....
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29 Jun 2006
The NHS's controversial, delayed IT system has been held up because doctors were not properly consulted on it, a Parliamentary committee has heard. Some elements of the IT programme are running years late, it was told.
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29 Jun 2006
Offshore outsourcing is a legal minefield and many companies are not aware of the problems it causes, according to a report from Gartner. Of the 18 areas in a standard contract 15 need to be changed if the outsourcing provider is abroad, it said.
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29 Jun 2006
A US Senate Committee has rejected a clause guaranteeing that all internet traffic can reach surfing customers on an equal footing. The rejection paves the way for telcos to cut deals with web firms for preferential treatment on their networks.
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29 Jun 2006
The Information Commissioner will be more aggressive with public authorities who delay freedom of information requests, he has told Parliament. The Commissioner, Richard Thomas, said that after a lenient first year it was time to get tough.
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28 Jun 2006
The Spanish government will add a levy to blank media such as CDs and DVDs to hand over to copyright holders to compensate for the duplication of copyrighted materials.
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