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TMT & Sourcing & Intellectual Property
Only children-friendly ads should be shown to unregistered YouTube users, says
expert
Only children-friendly ads should be shown to unregistered YouTube users, says expert
Advertisers must use YouTube's age-restricting technologies for ads that should
not be shown to children if they want to comply with advertising regulations, an
expert has said.
19/01/2012
Digitally altered photographs can qualify for copyright protection, UK court rules
Photographs that are digitally manipulated using imaging software can be
original enough to qualify for copyright protection, the Patents County Court
has ruled.
19/01/2012
Online ads should generally display icon on behavioural targeting, ad body says
An advertising icon that explains to internet users about online behavioural
advertising (OBA) should be displayed alongside almost every ad regardless of
whether they themselves are targeted ads, an industry body has said.
19/01/2012
Government urged to introduce Digital Economy Act anti-file-sharing code
The Government should implement anti-piracy measures contained in the Digital
Economy Act (DEA) "as quickly as possible", an independent panel appointed to
review the future of the UK film industry has said.
17/01/2012
German ISP does not have to block foreign 'illegal' betting sites
A German internet service provider (ISP) does not have to block its customers
from accessing foreign betting websites even if they are considered illegal in
the country, according to reports.
16/01/2012
Law will not permit sale of second hand MP3s, says expert
OPINION: People have sold their unwanted second hand records and CDs for years
and one US company is facing a lawsuit for helping its users do the same with
their digital music files. So would it be legal in the UK? The answer is a
fairly emphatic 'no'.
13/01/2012
Banks
Bank of England's accountability proposals do not go far enough, MPs say
Bank of England proposals to prevent abuse of sweeping new powers due to be
introduced as part of a review of financial services regulation in the UK "fall
short" of what is needed, the chairman of the House of Commons' Treasury
Committee has said.
18/01/2012
FSA replacement could be a "poor relation" without change in focus, says Treasury Committee
The new regulatory body which will take over the consumer protection role of the
Financial Services Authority (FSA) could suffer from the same shortcomings as
its predecessor without a change in focus, a Parliamentary committee has warned.
13/01/2012
Tax
Catalogue company only entitled to simple interest on overpaid VAT, European legal adviser says
EU law allows governments to pay simple rather than compound interest when
repaying overpaid tax, an advisor to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) has
said.
18/01/2012
Construction
HS2 alternative offers proportionately better returns, report says
Redeveloping existing rail networks and expanding their capacity would deliver a
proportionately better return on investment than creating a new high-speed rail
line, according to a Government-commissioned report.
17/01/2012
Insurance
Insurance industry must take action to stop customers launching spurious legal
claims, say MPs
The insurance industry must take action to stop customers launching spurious
legal claims which are driving up the cost of premiums, a committee group of MPs
has said.
16/01/2012
Employment
Edinburgh Council equal pay settlement shows courts 'less sympathetic' to
technical arguments, expert says
A multi-million pound settlement to be paid to hundreds of female Edinburgh City
Council workers is further evidence that courts are becoming "less sympathetic"
to employers who try to evade equal pay claims through the use of complex legal
arguments, an expert has said.
13/01/2012
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