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Hi, here is your weekly round-up of highlights from OUT-LAW News. As always, there are plenty of other stories from this week.
This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM
Hong Kong clears Yahoo! of privacy breach over jailed journalist
The Hong Kong Privacy Commissioner has said that his office could not gather
sufficient evidence to say that Yahoo! illegally provided private information to
Chinese authorities which led to the arrest of a journalist.
15/03/2007
Domain tasting makes WIPO sick
The fairness of the domain name system is being undermined by a new practice
that turns domain names into commodities for speculative gain, according to the
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), which oversees many domain name
disputes.
15/03/2007
Get free advice on World Intellectual Property Day
Legal experts at Pinsent Masons are giving free legal advice on intellectual
property issues on 26th April 2007, the day that marks World Intellectual
Property Day (WIPD).
14/03/2007
Viacom's YouTube lawsuit could test limits of DMCA
Viacom has launched a $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube and its owners Google
over copyright infringing videos hosted by the site. The case could test the
limits of the 'safe harbor' protections for ISPs and influence other
user-generated content sites.
14/03/2007
Banks break law by binning personal data, says ICO
High street banks are throwing customer information into bins outside their
premises in breach of the Data Protection Act, according to privacy watchdog the
Information Commissioner.
14/03/2007
Atari can appeal because law may change before hearing
A claim in a court case over payment discrepancies to the author of Atari
computer games can proceed because the law may have changed by the time the case
gets heard.
12/03/2007
15/03/2007: We look at two imaginative ways that companies are trying to give copyright law a body swerve, and talk to the lawyer helping one German millionaire stand up to Google.
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