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 ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. Domain name dealer beats Maestro in dispute over maestro.co.uk Payment card firm Maestro International has failed in its attempt to gain control of the domain name maestro.co.uk. The MasterCard subsidiary lost an appeal against a ruling in favour of a man who owns many other domain names that match famous brands. 10/01/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8789 2. OK! sues Heat for printing quotes from interview with Britney's sister One celebrity magazine is suing another for copyright infringement over passages taken from one interview and inserted into another. OK! is suing Heat over its use of quotes from its interview with Britney Spears' 16 year-old pregnant sister. 09/01/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8787 3. Commission consultation: the need for pan-European copyright licences The European Commission says European media businesses should be able to offer creative content in a single legal environment. 09/01/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8784 4. Government backs private copying in copyright reform plan The Government has proposed allowing private copying of music and films and relaxed restrictions on copyright for schools and libraries in a major intellectual property consultation launched today. 08/01/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8782 5. Head banker leaves job over Muslim gaffe A senior banking industry figure has left his job after making a joke about Muslims which reportedly stunned colleagues and was the subject of complaints. Marc Howells of Barclaycard Europe has left his post. 08/01/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8777 6. Database right infringed when staff took customer lists, rules court Employees who left a company to start up a rival breached that firm's database rights when they took information with them, the High Court has ruled. The firm failed to prove, though, that the actions breached the company's confidentiality. 08/01/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-8778 ***OUT-LAW Radio: Battle for content control*** We look at a new technology to help content producers control their material and ask: will search companies allow it to flourish? And we talk to the man charged with potentially re-writing data protection laws. 13/12/2007 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.)