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 ***Free OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminars*** London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh May 2008: Creative uses of IP – and how to stop them June 2008: Marketing on the web: top legal tips See: http://www.out-law.com/page-6024 ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. The law of Phorm EDITORIAL: Critics have branded Phorm a regulatory rogue. Its targeted advertising technology will bend our laws and even break them. But these will be hairline fractures – even if Phorm's operation makes you wince. 01/05/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9090 2. Swiss start-up's re-broadcast of UK TV may not last, says expert An internet start-up is re-broadcasting UK television from Switzerland without the stations' permission. It is re-broadcasting all five UK terrestrial channels online but claims it is not breaking the law. 01/05/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9088 3. Malware authors use software licence agreements A leading computer security company has uncovered evidence that authors of software designed to steal information from infected computers are trying to enforce their intellectual property rights in the underground malware community. 30/04/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9085 4. Mitsubishi advert did not breach landowner's privacy, rules ASA A landowner who said that an advert depicting a car on his land invaded his privacy has had his claim rejected. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the land was not an identifiable possession of the man. 29/04/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9083 5. EU Commissioner wants copyright extension to pay session musicians Record labels would have to set up special funds to pay royalties to session musicians under copyright reforms proposed by EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy. 29/04/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9082 6. Lords defy Government by proposing criminalisation of data rogues The House of Lords has proposed making it a criminal offence to disclose personal information intentionally or recklessly. The Lords passed an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, defeating the Government. 28/04/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9078 ***OUT-LAW Radio: Is web-scraping legal?*** We ask whether the website scraping that underpins the emerging aggregator industry falls foul of the law 01/05/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-7212 ***About this email*** This is a weekly email for subscribers of OUT-LAW.COM, a website with more than 8,000 pages of free legal news and guidance. If and when you need further advice, we hope you'll choose Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind OUT-LAW.COM. 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.) This email is sent on behalf of Pinsent Masons LLP, a limited liability partnership registered in England & Wales (registered number: OC333653) and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. The word 'partner', used in relation to the LLP, refers to a member of the LLP or an employee or consultant of the LLP or any affiliated firm who has equivalent standing and qualifications. A list of the members of the LLP, and of those non-members who are designated as partners, is displayed at the LLP's registered office: CityPoint, One Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9AH, United Kingdom.