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Australia cracks down on offensive content
News The new offence will complement this scheme by introducing criminal penalties for placing material on the Internet that would be regarded by reasonable persons as being, in all the circumstances, offensive," the statement said.
[August 21, 2003, 10:40]
White House slammed over Net porn bill
News Oxley's bill, which passed the House of Representatives last week on a voice vote, would require commercial sites on the World Wide Web to block access by children to material deemed "harmful to minors" or face criminal penalties.
[October 16, 1998, 7:02]
Porn spammers to face jail in US
News At Tuesday's hearing, members of the Judiciary subcommitee on crime seemed to agree that criminal penalties were necessary. Goodlatte, however, predicted that civil penalties imposed on spammers -- instead of criminal sanctions -- will simply cause...
[July 9, 2003, 13:27]
Media companies demand ID numbers for CDs and DVDs
News Part of the problem that rights holders face is that civil damages and criminal penalties on people caught infringing are often very small," said Peets. Other measures included in the proposals include, "genuinely deterrent penalties", a reasonable...
[May 24, 2002, 17:44]
Australia considers sending spammers to jail
News It's the best they could have hoped for at this stage; if they'd gone for criminal damages it would have been a much tougher scenario to push through," said Donovan, adding that the government had regarded the speedy introduction of legislation as...
[July 25, 2003, 9:44]
Media lobbying 'watered down' data-misuse laws
News Thomas was referring to lobbying from major newspaper groups over clause 76 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill, which he persuaded the government to include with a view to strengthening penalties for those who gain illegal access to data...
[April 23, 2008, 10:30]
'DMCA on steroids' passed by EU
News Organisations such as the Business Software Alliance and the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) had lobbied for the addition of criminal penalties to the legislation, but were rebuffed.
[March 10, 2004, 7:35]
Law makes Scotland attractive to Net paedophiles, says expert
News He is adamant that the more lenient penalties for downloading or distributing indecent images of children over the Internet in Scotland will push offenders north of the border. Wyre is in favour of harsher penalties for Internet paedophiles across...
[October 24, 2001, 10:08]
Anti-piracy bill may hit consumers
News In addition to criminal penalties, the bill permits a company whose watermark or digital signature was used to sue for damages "of not less than $2,500 or not more than $25,000, as the court considers appropriate.
[July 30, 2002, 6:27]
EU anti-piracy directive heads for final vote
News A spokesman for the Business Software Alliance, which has been fighting to broaden the directive's scope and penalties, said stronger enforcement was needed to curb the activities of criminal gangs, citing research that it says shows 37 percent of...
[February 26, 2004, 11:05]
Experts urge criminal charges for data breaches
News Francis Aldhouse, who is now an information law and policy consultant for legal firm Bird & Bird, said on Thursday that such penalties were necessary to implement a change in the culture surrounding data-protection adherence.
[July 3, 2008, 17:17]
Email Compliance: Is Your Message Network at Risk?
White Papers If your message network does not meet regulatory compliance, your business could be in danger of criminal and civil penalties, bad publicity, and lost business. You need a secure messaging infrastructure that properly handles messages to meet the...
[October 13, 2005, 7:51]
Marimba and Software License Compliance
White Papers Enterprises (and their employees) can experience unexpected and paralyzing costs and even criminal penalties for being out of compliance. Software compliance is an ongoing initiative that depends on people, process, and technology.
[May 9, 2005, 3:00]
Explanation of American Lingo Needs to be Understood
Talkback Penalties for certain crimes carry different penalties based on the severity of the crime, whether it is a state or federal crime, and whether the suspect has a prior criminal record. Our criminal justice system is actually stacked against the...
[February 19, 2007, 10:34]
Feds go after Sars spammers
News Sites who ignore the warnings could face penalties including criminal charges, civil penalties of up to $11,000 per violation, or a requirement that they repay customers. Two federal agencies are targeting sites and spammers that promote Sars cures...
[May 12, 2003, 9:12]
IEEE backs off on copyright law
News Among other things, the DMCA outlaws certain types of technology that can be used to circumvent copy-protection measures and carries criminal penalties for violators. In a separate case, Russian software maker ElcomSoft is embroiled in the first...
[April 17, 2002, 9:07]
Watered down EC Directive
News In addition, a Trading Standards or consumer body could (from October) apply to the courts for a "Stop Now" Order to force the site owner to amend its site, or face criminal penalties. Intermediaries have a defence to criminal liability and limits...
[September 26, 2002, 10:27]
US Congress readies 'super-DMCA'
News Boosts criminal penalties for copyright infringement originally created by the No Electronic Theft Act of 1997 from five years to 10 years (and 10 years to 20 years for subsequent offenses). It's one degree more likely that mere communication about...
[April 25, 2006, 15:20]
Net Politics Focus: House of Reps. passes copyright legislation
News And the criminal provisions are still really horrible - the penalties are a $500,000 fine and five years in prison. As a result, a group of 11 computer scientists told the House last week that the bill may leave computer security researchers open...
[August 6, 1998, 16:50]
US Report: FTC moving closer to action against Intel
News The FTC can file a cease-and-desist order, but it carries no criminal or civil penalties for past conduct, and the agency cannot assess damage. Violation of FTC orders carry civil penalties of up to $5,000 (£3,050) with each day of disobedience...
[May 29, 1998, 10:37]
