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RSS illegalISP Association rejects civil rights campaign
News He said that the only information that is ever revealed outside their servers is that which is considered to be related to illegal activities and is required by law enforcement agencies. The Internet Service Providers... [30 Nov 1998]
Netscape takeover helps Microsoft's case
News They predict that if the $4.2bn merger goes through, it will undermine the DoJ's main allegation that the software giant used illegal business practices to gain a monopoly in the operating system market. [24 Nov 1998]
Campaigners make last ditch attempt to stop porn laws
News The US government suffered an embarrassment in June when the Supreme Court overturned a similar provision in the Communications Decency Act that made it illegal to transmit or display indecent material on the Internet... [18 Nov 1998]
Microsoft launches Thai piracy hotline
News Illegal software is easy to get hold of in Thailand, with latest versions available from roadside stalls. Microsoft estimates 84 per cent of Thai businesses use illegal copies of software packages.... [10 Nov 1998]
BSA cracks down on software pirates
News Percentages of software piracy vary widely across Europe; in Newton's UK beat, nearly one-third of software in use is illegal. The BSA is after anyone who wilfully ignores illegal software use or... [05 Nov 1998]
Over a third of UK Web sites branded illegal
News More than a third of UK companies are breaking the law with their corporate Web sites, according to law firm Eversheds. Company law rules that certain details - like a postal address - should be present on Web pages just as they are... [27 Oct 1998]
Intel invests in RDRAM future
News However, Micron's CEO, Steve Appleton, has regularly spoken out against rivals in the Far East, who he has accused of illegal product dumping. Intel is to pay $500m for a 6 per cent equity stake in Micron Technology, a... [19 Oct 1998]
US government tightens Web copyright laws
News The legislation makes it illegal to create or sell technology designed to break copyright protection devices like firewalls, digital watermarks or encryption. The UK Copyright and Patents Act 1988 already contains this... [13 Oct 1998]
Deadline looms for EC Net contract bids
News The EC is willing to pay £700,000 for a set of feasibility studies on all the various options for removing illegal content from the Web. Today is the last day for visionaries to put their ideas for a safer Internet into... [23 Sep 1998]
Judge dismisses Web link case
News The general consensus of opinion is that you can link to any site unless you know, or are told, that it contains illegal material," he said. A department store and cosmetics giant have escaped prosecution after a US... [23 Sep 1998]
Net gambling faces crucial test
News The grounds of her case are that as online gaming is illegal in the US, the transactions between these organisations and Ms Haines were also illegal, and therefore her debts unenforceable. Her lawyer... [18 Aug 1998]
Laptops get strip search from Customs and Excise
News It emerged today that Customs and Excise routinely checks mobile computers for illegal images. Officers at ports and air terminals target laptop computers, CD-Roms and floppy disks. It uses a variety of scanning... [14 Aug 1998]
Net gambling issue opens transatlantic rift
News Gaming, which refers to roulette and other casino games, is illegal over the Internet, because UK law requires it to be operated from a specific licensed premises. A rift between the US and European approaches to the... [29 Jul 1998]
Privada launches anonymous email service
News Concerns that the service could boost the traffic of pornography and other illegal communications have been addressed. US company Privada today launched proprietary software that sends and receives email anonymously. [17 Jul 1998]
Data Protection Bill sparks international talks
News An EC directive on data protection is in the process of being enacted by member states and it could make information sharing with some countries illegal. The governments of Japan, the US and other major international... [17 Jul 1998]
