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This week's news on OUT-LAW.COM
Big brother ads don't need to be banned, they just need to be labelled
EDITORIAL: Could something as simple as better labelling quell much of the user
and regulator disquiet about behavioural advertising? It's not a panacea, but it
would certainly help.
17/12/2009
Expert claims file-sharing Bill could give Government control of the internet
The Digital Economy Bill would give the Government the power to control the
internet access of UK citizens by ministerial order, bypassing Parliament and
without an adequate right of appeal, according to one legal expert.
17/12/2009
Commission drops Microsoft Commission case after further browser ballot assurances
The European Commission has dropped its competition law case against Microsoft
over its browser software and accepted the company's solution of offering
Microsoft Windows users a screen through which they can choose non-Microsoft
browsers.
17/12/2009
Lucasfilm cannot enforce US copyright ruling on Star Wars helmets, rules Court of Appeal
The makers of sci-fi blockbuster Star Wars have failed in their bid to establish
that they owned the copyright in the helmets of the film's sinister stormtrooper
army. In an appeal they lost a right, granted earlier, to enforce a US copyright
ruling.
16/12/2009
Online-only news will be regulated by press watchdog for first time
Internet-only publications will face the same regulations as newspapers for the
first time under an extension to the powers of newspaper industry self-regulator
body the Press Complaints Commission (PCC).
16/12/2009
On-demand ads to be pre-screened by regulator as new EU law comes into force
A pre-broadcast advertising regulator has started checking the adverts that
appear on Video on Demand (VoD) services ahead of a change in EU law this week.
Clearcast said that VoD providers had asked it for its advice.
16/12/2009
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