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08/02/2007: As Apple's Steve Jobs calls for DRM free music, we look at the legal basis and social impact of copy control technology in this week's 10-minute podcast.
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Email insult sacking was unfair, but blame shared, says Tribunal
A woman whose email insults about her boss caused her to be sacked was unfairly
dismissed, an Employment Tribunal has ruled. But she will not be reinstated and
will only receive compensation of 12.5% of her losses because she was 75% to
blame.
09/02/2007
Lords oppose new media Directive
The UK's thriving new media industry is under threat from proposed European
Commission rules designed to protect the business of television broadcasters
against new competition, according to a House of Lords committee.
08/02/2007
NHS asks Lords to clarify freedom of information and data protection clash
The House of Lords will clarify how data protection and freedom of information
laws should work together if it hears an NHS appeal against an order to release
clinical data. Any ruling would be a defining one for the two emerging areas of
law.
07/02/2007
Jobs' plea to abandon music DRM is scorned in Norway
Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has blamed record labels for problems caused
by digital rights management (DRM) and has said that he would throw away the
restrictive DRM technology used by Apple's iTunes tomorrow if he could.
07/02/2007
British Horseracing Board wins right to keep database prices high
The British Horseracing Board has won a major court victory in its battle to
capitalise on its racing database. The Court of Appeal has overturned a High
Court ruling that it had used its market dominance to over-charge a TV station
for information.
06/02/2007
European Parliament stands firm on cross-border defamation law
The European Parliament has voted to make every EU member state take a common
approach to cross-border privacy and defamation cases. The move follows a
campaign by UK Liberal Democrat MEP Diana Wallis.
02/02/2007
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