Cable broadband provider UPC has confirmed that it has been served with a plenary summons by solicitors acting on behalf of the ‘Big Four’ record labels EMI, Warner, Universal and Sony over its refusal to implement a ‘three strikes’ against illegal downloaders. UPC told siliconrepublic.com that it is now preparing its defence and intends to…
Warrantless searches: MySpace, Yahoo and ATT
An email purporting to be from Mike Duffey, Special Agent, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Computer Crime Center, to the ICAC Task Force mailing list was posted on Wikileaks.org. The email is reportedly from June 2009. The full header is not provided: From: Duffey, Mike Sent: None To: ICAC.Task.Force Subject: RE: Att refuses legal process…
Fury at Rwanda sterilisation bill
Rwanda is being urged to drop a draft law which would forcibly sterilise people who are mentally disabled. US-based campaign group Human Rights Watch said the proposed law was deeply flawed and violated the government’s obligation to uphold human rights. It also requires people to have an HIV test before getting married. Read more on…
Bar groups protest “red flag” rules
The New York State Bar Association Monday became the latest bar group to protest new Federal Trade Commission rules requiring lawyers to become involved in preventing identity theft, calling the move unauthorized, unnecessary and destructive to the attorney-client relationship. The State Bar’s objections follow those submitted last week by the American Bar Association and the…