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 ***IT Law Summer School 2010*** 2 -6 August 2010, Downing College, Cambridge: Study essential areas of IT law, discuss practical challenges and debate contentious topics in a variety of formats at this 5 day residential event. To register or for more information: http://www.informaglobalevents.com/itlawschooloutlaw Out-Law receive £200 extra discount; quote VIP Code KW8090OLEB. Plus register before 23rd April and also save £700! ***This week's highlights from OUT-LAW News*** 1. European Parliament threatens court action over ACTA secrecy The European Parliament has threatened to take the European Commission to the EU's highest court if it does not disclose the details of a secret international copyright treaty. 11/03/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10825 2. Contract was in place because companies behaved as if it was, says Supreme Court A deal was governed by a contract despite the two companies involved not actually signing and exchanging copies of it, the Supreme Court has ruled. The contract is in effect because the firms behaved as if it was, it said. 11/03/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10826 3. ISPs, publishers and academics voice outrage at Digital Economy Bill Plans to introduce a law that will force internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to websites accused of hosting copyright-infringing content have been condemned by ISPs, publishers, consumer groups, user rights groups and academics. 10/03/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10823 4. ASA to take over Facebook, Twitter regulation Advertising regulator the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) will take over the regulation of companies' social networking pages by the end of the year, according to advertising industry proposals. 08/03/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10819 5. EU ministers back revival of old IP enforcement law European Union ministers have told EU governing bodies to revive plans to create a pan-EU law criminalising intellectual property infringement, and to make more use of a new body to co-operate on the enforcement of intellectual property rights. 08/03/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10817 6. YouTube adds captions for all videos to improve accessibility All YouTube videos can now carry captions created by speech recognition software in a move that the Google-owned video sharing site said would improve the videos' accessibility. 05/03/2010 http://www.out-law.com/page-10815 ***OUT-LAW Radio: 400 years of piracy*** We dive into the rich, deep history of piracy and find that lawmakers have always been reacting, inventing the concept of intellectual property just to stymie the energetic innovations of centuries of cultural pirates. 11/03/2010 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 10,000 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.