Posted August 19th, 2010
High Court considers hyperlinked pages as context in defamation case: “The High Court has examined material on pages linked to from an allegedly defamatory online article to help it decide the meaning of the piece.
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(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Posted July 14th, 2010
Government outlines new libel law plans: “The UK Government will overhaul libel laws in the new year. It said that it will publish a Defamation Bill early next year in an attempt to give publishers more rights and clamp down on ‘libel tourism’.
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(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Posted May 10th, 2010
EU Parliament calls for data rights charter: “Internet users should be able to demand that their information is removed from company systems even if it was collected with their consent, the European Parliament has said. The Parliament has also called for a charter of individuals’ internet rights.
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(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Posted May 6th, 2010
Secret copyright treaty published: A secretive global negotiation on new copyright rules will not force countries to adopt ‘three strikes’ internet disconnection policies. A draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been published officially for the first time.
(Via OUT-LAW News.)

Posted April 21st, 2010
Secret copyright treaty published: “A secretive global negotiation on new copyright rules will not force countries to adopt ‘three strikes’ internet disconnection policies. A draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has been published officially for the first time.
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(Via OUT-LAW News.)
