Posts Tagged ‘law’

UK Bloggers could face prison under new Counter-Terrorism Bill

By DavidReece • Oct 26th, 2008 • Category: News, Privacy / Rights

Under clause 83 of the Counter Terrorism Bill 2008, the discussion or broadcast of information relating to a police constable, intelligence service, GCHQ or military personnel will be outlawed, and a breach of these new laws will result in a prison sentence of up to 10 years, with fines up to and including the statutory [...]



Yahoo! Defeats High-Court Ruling On Sponsored Links

By DavidReece • Apr 3rd, 2008 • Category: Business & Technology, News

A court has ruled that a lawsuit brought against Yahoo! owned Overture for displaying ads for competitors when a trademark was entered as a search-term is “totally without merit”.
The case was brought when the owner of a London based catering business, Victor Wilson, sued Yahoo! UK, and Overture for trademark infringement by placing sponsored links [...]



Exposed: Why tv-links was really shut down

By DavidReece • Nov 21st, 2007 • Category: Business & Technology, News, Technology

For those who’s been under a rock for the past few months, the internet was recently awash with angry bloggers and confused web users over the scandalous arrest of tv-links founder, and the closing of the site for “providing links to copyrighted material”.
Many hundreds of comments included “If linking is illegal, why don’t they shut [...]