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. Sampling a song can be fair use, rules US court The producers of a film defending the anti-evolutionary theories of Intelligent Design probably did not infringe copyright when they used a sample of John Lennon's song Imagine in the film, a New York court has ruled. 21/08/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9370 2. Tech giants near agreement on human rights code Some of the biggest technology and internet companies in the world have agreed a set of standards to protect human rights online that they hope the whole IT industry will adopt. The move could affect companies' privacy policies worldwide. 20/08/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9362 3. Judge lifts gag order on subway security hack A US judge has ruled that the country's Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is designed to combat viruses and worms and not to stop people giving out information in a speech. 20/08/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9365 4. Court orders woman to pay £16,000 for file-sharing A woman has been ordered to pay out £16,000 for engaging in the unlawful sharing of a computer game on the internet, according to the game publisher's lawyers. The payout could lead to games owners taking more action against file-sharers in the UK. 19/08/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9360 5. ICANN backs auction of disputed domains The body behind the internet's addressing systems has said that it will settle disputes over who wins the right to new generic top level domains (gTLDs) by auction. 18/08/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9356 6. Open source licence conditions are backed by copyright law, rules US court Breaching the open source licence that came with free software amounted to infringement of copyright, a US Court of Appeal has ruled. The landmark ruling has been welcomed as a major boost to the free and open source software publishing models. 15/08/2008 http://www.out-law.com/page-9352 ***OUT-LAW Radio: The secrets of the emerging moderation industry*** We talk to the major players in the emerging moderation industry whose workers keep forum comments clean from bases in locations from Kiev to Senegal. 21/08/2008 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.