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30 Sep 2008
Anyone who has abused premium-rate telephone numbers in the past will be barred from using the numbers again, telecoms regulator Ofcom has said.
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30 Sep 2008
Apple will face action in Norway over the fact that its iTunes music shop sells tunes that cannot be played on devices that compete with Apple's iPod. The case has been referred to the Market Council, which can order companies to change their behaviour....
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30 Sep 2008
The Ministry of Justice's plans to change the Information Commissioner's powers will weaken the privacy regulator, a privacy law expert has warned. The planned changes could give organisations a way to avoid penalties, the expert said.
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29 Sep 2008
Regulators could be given the power to fine companies and order them directly to stop doing something under new laws to come into force in the UK on Wednesday.
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29 Sep 2008
The Government has established a body to advise it on how it can increase the protection from dangers posed by the internet.
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29 Sep 2008
A law that could save internet radio stations from having to make payouts they claim will cripple them has been approved by the US House of Representatives and is expected to pass into law.
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26 Sep 2008
The Liberal Democrats broke anti-spam laws by placing 250,000 automated telephone calls last week without prior consent, according to the UK's privacy chief. If the party continues placing such calls, it has been warned that it could face prosecution....
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26 Sep 2008
A US judge this week granted a retrial to a woman found liable for copyright infringement for sharing music files. He said the award of damages of $222,000 was "unprecedented and oppressive” and ruled that he had erred on the level of proof required....
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26 Sep 2008
Electronic Arts may have tried to appease customers angered by slackening the Digital Rights Management (DRM) restrictions in Spore – but the game publisher's troubles over its use may have just begun.
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26 Sep 2008
The state of Kentucky has seized control of some of the world's most popular gambling domain names courtesy of a state judge who issued a secret ruling last week ordering registrars to transfer 141 internet addresses to the state's top law enforcement...
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