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RSS punishment courtFall in drivers flouting mobile phone ban
News The punishment for being caught driving while using a mobile doubled from £30 to a £60 fixed penalty fine and three points on the driving licence in February this year. A further 1,639 drivers were taken to court and fined for using a mobile phone... [04 Dec 2007]
Leader: Should McKinnon be extradited?
Leader But irrespective of how far wide of the mark that proves, there are still very real concerns the US will make an example of McKinnon, above and beyond the punishment - and he should certainly be punished - warrant. [07 Jul 2006]
National databases linked to track fine dodgers
News The certain knowledge that offenders will be pursued relentlessly if they try to avoid punishment will encourage them to pay their fine and do their community penalty. The government has chosen the northwest of England to pilot the National... [23 Sep 2005]
Sasser writer free to return to his job
News The German 19-year-old who wrote the Sasser email virus, which caused havoc and huge financial damage to businesses worldwide last year, has escaped serious punishment. Sven Jaschan left the court in Verden, Germany, today on probation with a 21... [08 Jul 2005]
UK spam scammers escape punishment
News A company which sent nearly 1.4 million unsolicited emails promoting a bogus premium rate prize scam has been asked to clean up its act by the Office of Fair Trading - but has escaped punishment. However, there will be those who claim the lack of... [06 Jul 2005]
Microsoft drops Blaster writer $500,000 penalty
News The tech behemoth, however, has asked that the 19-year-old's punishment be converted from a fine to 225 hours of community service. Jeffrey Lee Parson, the teenager convicted of writing a variant of the Blaster worm, won't have to pay the $500,000... [30 Mar 2005]
Microsoft antitrust war heads for new turf
News The EC has yet to officially decide whether Microsoft has met the terms of its punishment as laid down by the court. Following the software giant's conviction for antitrust violations, Microsoft's efforts to meet the terms of punishment have not... [16 Mar 2005]
AOL spam case: Judge rejects guilty plea
News Punishment could include prison terms. Smathers allegedly used another employee's access code to steal AOL's entire database of screen names last spring, according to a court document. Dunaway, in turn, sold chunks of the list to an unnamed spammer... [22 Dec 2004]
EU: Microsoft punishment on hold
News Microsoft said it been notified on Sunday of the Commission's decision, which effectively gives a Luxembourg court time to sort out the case without feeling pressure to reach an immediate decision. The announcement quickly followed Microsoft's... [28 Jun 2004]
5 years ago... DoJ and Microsoft both open to settlement
News But, of course, whatever punishment is meted out Microsoft will appeal. 23.03.99: The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has stated that it is willing to enter into out of court negotiations with Microsoft in an attempt to settle the long running... [23 Mar 2004]
Leader: British justice a laughing stock
Leader So McElroy escapes with his community service order and nothing more by way of punishment - not even any order limiting his use of computers. Yesterday a teenage hacker was up in court for sentencing having been found guilty of serious cybercrimes... [03 Feb 2004]
Reader Reaction: Music piracy is not OK
News While the venom directed by readers at file-sharers wasn't quite as harsh as that heaped on the software pirates - no mention of jail terms or capital punishment this time - the majority still came down against music piracy. [15 Jul 2003]
West Virginia fights on against Microsoft
News However, its subsequent punishment of being split up was overturned after a lengthy appeal, prompting nine US states, including Massachusetts and West Virginia, to protest in the courts. Authorities in West Virginia have now also said they believe... [03 Dec 2002]
Microsoft antitrust decision due later today
News The second matter before Kollar-Kotelly is what punishment is appropriate in the ongoing case being litigated by the states. Microsoft competitors including AOL Time Warner, SBC Communications, Sun Microsystems, Palm and Novell had complained in... [01 Nov 2002]
Data protection - crimes and misdemeanours
Comment That may sound harsh but then the best punishment is all about deterrent. When a company director is hauled into a Crown Court for such an offence and subjected to an unlimited fine and maybe asked to wipe a customer database - which he could be... [12 Aug 2002]
