Posts Tagged ‘legal’
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An advert detailing contract deals from Three has been banned by the advertising standards authority (ASA) for being ‘misleading.’ The ASA ruled today that the advert, which features various pay monthly deals from Three, “must ...
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A group including Research In Motion, Apple and Google are to buy patents from bankrupt Eastman Kodak Co. for about US$525-million, gaining digital-imaging technology to capture and share pictures. The group is led by Intellect...
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Instagram have responded to widespread backlash after making changes to the service’s terms of service that reportedly allowed the company to license users’ photos to advertisers without their permission. In a statement, Instag...
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Instagram has updated its privacy policy giving it the right to sell users’ photos to advertisers without notification. Unless users delete their Instagram accounts by a deadline of 16 January, they cannot opt out. The ch...
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The London Fire Brigade has said it is considering allowing people to tweet emergencies instead of dialling 999. It currently advises against using social media to make the service aware of fires as it is not monitored 24 hours...
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Digital pen maker Livescribe has been forced to pull its flagship Sky Wi-Fi Smartpen from stores in the UK just days before Christmas after it was sued by pay-TV broadcaster BSkyB. BSkyB claims that Livescribe breaches its R...
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The UK, US, Canada and Australia have refused to sign an international communications treaty at an conference in Dubai. The countries had objected to calls for all states to have equal rights to the governance of the internet. ...
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Plans to tackle internet trolling could have a “chilling effect” on online freedom of expression, a committee of MPs and peers has said. The Joint Committee on Human Rights warned that libel law reforms might cause ...
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Patent troll Wi-LAN Inc said on Tuesday it has filed a lawsuit against Research In Motion for infringing on a patent that relates to Bluetooth technology. The company said it filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern Di...
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In a letter dated November 30, 2012 RIM comments on a couple of questions raised by the ITC in connection with the investigation of Samsung’s complaint against Apple. A preliminary ruling didn’t identify any violati...
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At the end of a long court hearing in California on Thursday that saw Apple and Samsung argue over a $1 billion damages award granted to Apple this summer, Judge Lucy Koh had a simple yet optimistic request: global peace. ̶...
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A convicted sex offender has won a High Court order for the removal of a Facebook page set up to monitor paedophiles in Northern Ireland. A judge ruled some content amounted to prima facie harassment of the man and risked infri...
