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 ***The Sourcing Summit*** London, 18th & 19th November 2009: This event attracts both users and suppliers of outsourcing services from a wide range of sectors. It provides a platform for senior business figures to debate key issues and discuss the effects of the economic climate on outsourcing both in the immediate and the long-term. See: http://www.marketforce.eu.com/outlaw ***Free OUT-LAW Breakfast Seminars*** London, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Glasgow and Edinburgh October 2009: Behavioural advertising and the law November 2009: The future of payments See: http://www.out-law.com/page-6024 ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. Spotify earns more than £1m a month from subscribers Music streaming pioneer Spotify earns more than £1 million a month from its premium subscribers, OUT-LAW.COM can reveal. Earnings could be as high as £72m a year. The figure is derived from statements made by Spotify executives. 08/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10434 2. Phishing attacks and online banking fraud losses soar in the UK The number of phishing attacks on online banking systems has risen by 26% in the first half of this year. Phishing is the technique that was used to uncover the tens of thousands of Hotmail, Google Mail and Yahoo! Mail passwords revealed this week. 08/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10431 3. ECJ says innovation can help companies beat competition rap The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed that companies which are innovative can sometimes escape punishment under the European Union's anti-competition laws. 07/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10428 4. Why the Advocate General got Google AdWords wrong OPINION: We have been waiting for the formal opinion of an advisor to the European Court of Justice, in cases brought by three French companies against Google. Now that it has been published, we think the analysis is wrong. 06/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10426 5. Twitter-served court order a success, claims blogger A blogger who convinced the High Court to allow a court order to be communicated by Twitter has said that the move was a success. Donal Blaney claims that the rogue tweeter has agreed to stop impersonating him. 05/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10419 6. European Commission floats idea of web accessibility legislation The European Commission has proposed legislating to ensure that all EU nations adopt accessibility rules designed to ease disabled people's access to the web. 02/10/2009 http://www.out-law.com/page-10418 ***OUT-LAW Radio: Whatever happened to P3P?*** We find out why the P3P system which allowed computers and web sites to automatically negotiate the use of private information failed and look at what might replace it. 08/10/2009 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.