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European e-identity plan to be unveiled this month

The European Commission is set to lay out proposals for a EU-wide e-ID scheme, it has revealed as it outlined a pan-European strategy aimed at protecting children from harmful online content Read more

3 May, 2012 by David Meyer

Microsoft tops Google Search takedown list

...1.2 million, von Lohmann wrote. "We believe that the time-tested 'notice-and-takedown' process for copyright strikes the right balance between the needs... Read more

25 May, 2012 by David Meyer

MPs call for Google to block privacy-breaching results

Search engines should filter out private information protected by a court injunction so that UK viewers cannot see it, a parliamentary committee has urged, adding that Twitter and Facebook should be pursued too Read more

27 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Book review: Barefoot Into Cyberspace

...of the Net's first free-speech battles, which defined today's notice-and-takedown standard. The Open Rights Group (ORG) supported Booth's opposition... Read more

28 July, 2011

Government proposes ISP mediation for web takedowns

...The industry body added that UK ISPs already use a system of notice and takedown. "When an ISP is notified of illegal content hosted on... Read more

1 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Book review: Wild West 2.0

In the early to mid 1990s it was fashionable to compare the unformed, open spaces of the internet to the 19th century... Read more

30 June, 2010

E-Commerce law raises liability concerns for ISPs

...ISPs are nervous about the government's indecision over the need for notice and takedown regulations. The paper states that ISPs will not be exempt... Read more

20 August, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe
IWF chief: Why Wikipedia block went wrong

IWF chief: Why Wikipedia block went wrong

...secondary to our main [activities], which have always been our hotline, and notice and takedown. That's what self-regulation brought about. Is the IWF... Read more

20 February, 2009 by Tom Espiner

YouTube may face court over copyright complaints

Analysis: Legal experts believe the video-sharing site is obeying the law, but as the business grows a court case still seems likely Read more

24 July, 2006 by Greg Sandoval

Students defy DMCA to post email online

...the case is the first time that someone who has received a "notice and takedown" request -- one of the many Diebold made, repeatedly invoking the... Read more

4 November, 2003 by Declan McCullagh

Site taken offline after Microsoft complaint

A takedown notice sent directly to the ISP of a Windows news site resulted in the site being taken offline for 24 hours, but Microsoft says that having the plug pulled was not its intention Read more

10 March, 2003 by Joe Wilcox

Watered down EC Directive

...these issues is really only likely to emerge in the form of "notice and takedown" schemes when (or indeed if) these are developed either for... Read more

26 September, 2002 by Clive Gringras and John Enser

ISPs win crucial legal protections

...outline a formal procedure for the removal of illegal content (known as notice and takedown) or provide statutory backing for notice and takedown codes of... Read more

14 August, 2002 by Matt Loney

Digital Rights Management - the European debate begins

...procedures to deal with the problems of copyright on the internet including "notice and takedown" schemes. The results of such initiatives will provide a significant... Read more

18 April, 2002 by Elle Todd

Drastic sanctions announced for breach of the new e-Commerce rules

The UK's DTI has published Regulations to implement the e-Commerce Directive. There are penalties for companies that fail to comply Read more

15 April, 2002 by Clive Gringras, John Enser and Sheila Punjabi

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