Spain Court: file sharing is legal While the entertainment industry has been working over time to try to stop file sharing in Spain, court ruling after court ruling has found that personal file sharing is perfectly reasonable and legal — and that sites that merely link to content rather than host it (i.e., search engines Read more about Spain Court: file sharing is legal[…]
France: hadopi Conseil Constitutionnel Les députés socialistes devaient saisir hier le Conseil constitutionnel sur le projet de loi «Création et Internet». Dans son recours, le PS soulève onze points d’inconstitutionnalité. Ils demandent notamment au Conseil de censurer le système de «double peine» imposant aux internautes de continuer à payer leur abonnement, alors que l’accès sera Read more about France: hadopi Conseil Constitutionnel[…]
hadopi in France French “HADOPI” law implementing “three strikes” policy was adopted by a short majority in National Assembly, after a previous rejection on April 9th1. Members of the majority right-wing party of N. Sarkozy, under high pressure, voted this obsolete text, massively rejected by public opinion and directly opposed by Europe. This legislative process’ Read more about hadopi in France[…]
Les députés adoptent la loi Hadopi L’Assemblée nationale a adopté mardi en nouvelle lecture le projet de loi Création et Internet, qui prévoit de sanctionner le téléchargement illégal par une coupure de l’accès Internet en cas de récidive, par 296 voix contre 233. Ni la majorité ni l’opposition n’ont fait le plein de leurs voix.
Net Neutrality: Internet Architecture Implications of Internet architecture upon net neutrality SCOTT JORDAN University of California, Irvine Net neutrality represents the idea that Internet users are entitled to service that does not dis- criminate on the basis of source, destination, or ownership of Internet tra±c.Implications of Internet architecture upon net neutrality SCOTT JORDAN University of Read more about Net Neutrality: Internet Architecture[…]
Telecom Italia: drop profit Telecom Italia (TI) has reported a 4.5% year-on-year drop in net profit for the first quarter of 2009, down to EUR463 million (USD617.8 million).
Electronic money: Eu directive European Commission welcomes the European Parliament’s adoption of two proposals in the area of payments (on e-money and cross-border payments) the European Parliament adopted two legislative proposals revising the current rules governing cross-border payments and the conditions for issuing electronic money in the EU. Both legal texts will now be forwarded Read more about Electronic money: Eu directive[…]
Block online gambling Minnesota Tries To Block Online GamblingST. PAUL (AP) ¯ Click to enlarge Using a 1961 federal law designed to stop illegal gambling, the state has directed 11 telephone and Internet service providers to block nearly 200 gambling Web sites. (File) CBS 3 1 of 1 Close numSlides of totalImages Related LinksRead More Read more about Block online gambling[…]
Cyberstalking: American Lawyer Tormented By Cyber-Stalker, American Lawyer Drafts New Legislation Read More
Ernst & Young refuses Tiscali In a statement to the Milan stock exchange, auditor Ernst & Young cast doubts over Tiscali’s ability to continue as a going concern by saying that it could not draw a conclusive judgement on the telco’s accounts for the year ending 31 December 2008. Tiscali refuted the statement, claiming to Read more about Ernst & Young refuses Tiscali[…]
