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Law will force ISPs to pass file-sharing data to record labels
The Government will create legislation forcing internet service providers (ISPs)
to gather information on customers engaged in illegal file-sharing, and forcing
them to contact repeat offenders warning them that their behaviour is against
the law.
29/01/2009
Tech companies revealed as source of fake reviews
A major electronics manufacturer has admitted that it offered to pay people to
review positively a product which had been poorly reviewed by users. A Belkin employee in the US said it would pay
people to write five-star reviews on Amazon.com.
29/01/2009
Behaviour trumps 'non-waiver' clauses, says Court of Appeal
The Post Office was not allowed to walk away from a contract because it had
continued to perform its duties for 11 months after the other company breached the contract, the Court of Appeal has
ruled.
28/01/2009
Why employers should control how staff use Facebook
OPINION: President Barack Obama had a shock on his first day at work. The man
who had run a pioneering campaign using social media to galvanise support couldn't access Facebook – or webmail,
or any number of web tools that were central to his campaign.
27/01/2009
Blogger who didn't delete comment cannot sue over it, says High Court
A man who was criticised in the comments section of his own blog cannot sue for
defamation because he did not delete the comment when he discovered it, the High Court has said. The Court said that
the man consented to the comment's publication.
27/01/2009
German court asks ECJ to rule on
keyword trade marks
The European Union's highest court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), has
been asked to rule on whether or not one company can buy the right to use another company's trade marks as a search
engine trigger for its adverts.
26/01/2009
OUT-LAW Radio: CVs and lies: an employer's options
29/01/2009: As a local authority pursues an ex-employee for £1m for alleged
deception in the recruitment process, how should employers deal with CV
fibbers?
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