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. You can also now access our archive of weekly emails at http://www.out-law.com/page-7793. The OUT-LAW Team ***Sage is seeking a solicitor*** Sage (UK) Ltd is seeking a solicitor to share in the challenges and rewards of commercial legal work in an in-house role. The company works in a fast-moving and ever-changing industry which requires someone who is keen to get involved in a breath of general legal work with a slant towards IP and IT work. See: http://www.out-law.com/page-8154 ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. Press code bans snooping in wake of royal eavesdrop case The Press Complaints Commission (PCC) has explicitly banned digital snooping by journalists in a change to its Code of Practice. The move comes in the wake of journalist Clive Goodman's conviction for eavesdropping on royal staff members' phone messages. 28/06/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8181 2. YouTube copyright fight hinges on whether it controls its content, says US court The first stage in the first copyright infringement suit against video sharing giant YouTube has ended in stalemate. Both sides in the fight applied for an initial judgment against the other, but neither was granted and the case will now proceed further. 27/06/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8180 3. MPs slam Government FOI proposals The Government's plans to limit requests under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act should be blocked, according to a parliamentary committee. It also said that watchdog the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) should be better funded. 27/06/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8178 4. EU search engine probe expands beyond Google European privacy regulators will expand their investigation into Google's privacy practices to all search engine companies, it has said. 27/06/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8179 5. Customers must be told of US bank transaction monitoring, say privacy chiefs Privacy chiefs have given Europe's banks a September deadline for alerting customers that their financial transactions could be tracked by US security agencies. Customers must be warned that even transactions within Europe could be monitored, they said. 26/06/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8174 6. Ofcom hands out biggest ever fine over fake TV phone in winners Channel 5 has been hit with a £300,000 fine by regulator Ofcom in what is the biggest payout by a public service broadcaster to the regulator. It was found to have faked winners in live call-in competitions. 26/06/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8177 ***OUT-LAW Radio*** We hear about the web activism campaign that changed WIPO policy, and talk to a publishing exec who took the law temporarily into his own hands. 28/06/2007 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.)