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 access our archive of weekly emails at http://www.out-law.com/page-7793. The OUT-LAW Team ***The Outsourcing Summit*** The UK's no.1 platform for sharing best practices London, 19th and 20th November 2007 See: http://www.marketforce.eu.com/outsourcing/ ***Free OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminars*** London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh Please note: All London events are fully booked October 2007: Promotions: the new regime for prize draws and competitions November 2007: How to monitor employees legally See: http://www.out-law.com/page-6024 ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. European ageism ruling could change UK law on retirement A ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in a Spanish case last week could strengthen the hand of an age pressure group appealing against UK retirement laws, according to an employment law expert. 25/10/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8577 2. Government backs down on controversial FOI fees change The UK Government has dropped controversial proposals that critics said would have neutered the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Changes to the charging structure that would have allowed bodies to refuse more requests will not now go ahead. 25/10/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8575 3. Data protection exemption expires tonight An exemption for paper records from the Data Protection Act runs out at midnight. The transitional relief exemption only lasted until 23rd October, imposing less stringent conditions on the holding of paper records than electronic ones. 23/10/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8572 4. Man arrested for linking to pirated content – but what's the crime? A man was arrested in England last week for allegedly running a website that linked to unauthorised copies of TV shows and movies on the web. However, it is not clear how the provision of links will be prosecuted as a criminal offence. 22/10/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8568 5. Sheffield Wednesday can't unmask 'saloon-bar moaners', says libel judge The High Court has protected the identities of seven individuals who made comments on a football website's message board. Comments that are "strictly defamatory" can still be so trivial that they do not warrant an invasion of the authors' privacy rights. 19/10/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8566 6. YouTube snubs online copyright pact A set of copyright principles for user-generated content has been published by internet and media giants including Microsoft, MySpace, Viacom, CBS and Disney. YouTube has rejected the project, though, describing such mandates as "generally a bad idea." 19/10/2007 http://www.out-law.com/page-8565 ***OUT-LAW Radio*** We talk to the amateur patent sleuth who felled Amazon's one-click patent, and find out how emails in court cases can cost companies millions. 25/09/2007 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.)