Italian prison sentences for Google executives for user-generated material...
A decision of an Italian criminal court has sent shockwaves around the Internet. Four Google executives, including its global privacy legal counsel, have been given suspended prison sentences for...
View ArticleSpanish court confirms YouTube not liable for copyright infringement in...
A Spanish court has confirmed that YouTube is not liable for the infringement of copyright in videos uploaded by users. The user generated content site service provider only becomes liable if it fails...
View ArticleMPs Committee proposes that websites can keep up allegedly defamatory...
An MPs’ report on the draft Defamation Bill going through Parliament has proposed that a distinction be drawn for online libel purposes between identified authors and anonymous posters. The situation...
View ArticleGoogle not liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted on its hosted...
Google was not liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted about Davison on Google’s hosted service at blogger.com, despite the online service giant having kept the comments up even after being...
View ArticleEuropean Commission to consult over website take-down procedures
The European Commission is going to consult this year over take-down procedures for websites. Under the Electronic Commerce Directive, websites have no liability for illegal content that they host as...
View ArticleGovernment proposes intermediary role for ISPs in new Defamation Bill
The Government has proposed that intermediaries such as Internet service providers act as “liaison points” between authors of allegedly defamatory comments and the people about whom the allegations are...
View ArticleNew draft Regulations set out website operator’s position for defamatory...
The Government has published the draft Defamation (Operators of Websites) Regulations, which set out the basis on which website operators can avoid liability for defamatory material posted on their...
View ArticleSearch engines inundated with requests from people to remove search results...
Over 100,000 individuals have asked for links about them in search engine results to be removed, as search engines have become inundated with requests, following a landmark European Court of Justice...
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