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Blank media levy breaches should be criminal, say authors

Breaches of the European copyright levy system on blank media should be criminalised, a report by an authors' group says. The report is an attempt to convince the European Commission not to scrap the levy.
08/11/2007

Government postpones company law reforms until October 2009

The date when significant parts of the Companies Act come into force has been put back a year. It will now be 1st October 2009 instead of 1st October 2008, according to the UK Government.
07/11/2007

Nine second delay sinks unfair dismissal claim

A case of unfair dismissal was not heard by an Employment Tribunal because the application was received nine seconds too late. The late submission was made by a law student charging £120 per hour.
06/11/2007

Wikipedia not liable for libel, rules French court

The Wikimedia Foundation is not responsible for defamatory comments published in its user-generated encyclopaedia Wikipedia, a French court has ruled. The comments had been removed quickly after being notified to the site operators.
06/11/2007

NHS will not appeal landmark FOI extension into private sector

NHS Lothian will not appeal the decision of the Scottish Information Commissioner that forced the publication of a £1.2 billion private finance initiative (PFI) hospitals contract.
05/11/2007

US privacy groups seek online ad-tracking opt-out

Online privacy activists are lobbying US telecoms regulators to create an internet advertising block list like the 'do not call' list that blocks telemarketing calls.
05/11/2007