Hi, Here is your weekly round-up of highlights from OUT-LAW News. As always, click the links to read the full stories of the summaries below or see these and many other stories from this week's news at http://www.out-law.com/page-5951. The OUT-LAW Team ***Free OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminars*** London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh April 2007: Protecting your name on the net May 2007: Overseas transfers of personal data See: http://www.out-law.com/page-6024 ***Blogging 4 Business: How social media is changing your business*** A must attend for executives from the fields of corporate communications, corporate and social responsibility, internal communications, public relations, marketing services and advertising, this one-day masterclass in navigating the landscape of blogs, podcasts and social networks draws on the expertise of some of the most respected social media strategists and practitioners. See: http://www.retailevents.co.uk/b4b2007/site/index.htm ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-7880 2. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-7878 3. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-7864 4. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-7872 5. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-7873 6. 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 http://www.out-law.com/page-7855 ***OUT-LAW Radio*** 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. 15/03/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-7212 ***About this email*** This is a weekly email for subscribers of OUT-LAW.COM, a website run by international law firm Pinsent Masons of 30 Aylesbury Street, London, EC1R 0ER. Feel free to forward this email to your friends. If someone forwarded this email to you and you'd like your own subscription, register free at http://www.out-law.com. Existing subscribers: you can manage your profile at http://www.out-law.com/page-520. The email address for this subscription is <>. Feel free to give us your feedback by replying to this email. To unsubscribe, please reply with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line. (We'd also appreciate you telling us why you've decided to unsubscribe.)