Carrie-ann Skinner reports: BT has been given 100,000 IP addresses belonging to BT broadband customers suspected of illegally filesharing. According to the BPI, which provided BT with the addresses, the ISP has not yet acted on the information. Geoff Taylor, CEO of the BPI, told the Daily Mirror: “It’s shameful for a company like BT…
Category: Non-U.S.
Google bosses on trial in Italy
The trial of four Google executives has begun in Milan with an engineer from the search giant giving evidence. The executives are accused of breaking Italian law in allowing a video of a teenager with Down’s Syndrome to be posted online. The case, subject to lengthy delays, could have major ramifications for content providers around…
UK: Council apology over bins snooping
A council which took part in a project involving residents’ bins being searched has apologised for not letting people know in advance. The Evening Telegraph exclusively reported last week that an army of bin snoopers was out and about examining the contents to see what is filling landfill sites. Corby, Kettering and Wellingborough councils authorised…
B.C. identity theft victims say they can’t get justice
Kathy Tomlinson reports: Two B.C. people who are victims of identity theft are speaking out in frustration with the justice system. Mark Gorst and Shannon Werry have ample evidence indicating who the thief is, but even so, RCMP have told them charges won’t be laid. “It’s frustrating … and there is a lot of anger,”…