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EU considers changes to IP enforcement
News A new EU proposal for harmonising intellectual property law enforcement across member states has come under criticism from the first parliamentary committee to review it, which has suggested that the proposal may need to be modified to better...
[May 16, 2003, 16:06]
Group warns of Europe's 'DMCA on steroids'
News The groups argue that the proposed IP Enforcement Directive, is a "DMCA on steroids" that would hand broad anti-competitive powers to large foreign companies, limit competition, and erode the traditional rights of consumers to use the products...
[August 11, 2003, 16:45]
Making IP infringement a crime
News The law in the UK is generally used only in cases of large-scale organised crime, while the European directive appears to offer enforcement against any type of IP infringement on a commercial scale. Crucially this directive, known as the...
[August 1, 2005, 17:30]
UK P2P user? Hope you like US prison food
Blog The PRO-IP bill, H.R.4279, significantly increases the state's power to detect and prosecute IP infringement, carrying with it a whole host of new law enforcement positions and capabilities. Among the many provisions is the establishment of "five...
[June 11, 2008, 13:19]
Microsoft: Phishing is going out of fashion
News Gibson said that it was difficult for law enforcement to track phishing attacks because of the speed that hackers change the IP addresses and machines they use to launch attacks. You can identify an IP address in the UK, but in between it's gone to...
[December 13, 2006, 12:46]
Soca: Russian cyber-gang bribed police
News We had serious problems with the law enforcement response locally. Rendek added that Ripe is continuing to cooperate with Soca and other law enforcement bodies. Auld said Réseaux IP Européens Network Coordination Centre (Ripe NCC), one of the five...
[October 22, 2009, 13:29]
EU data-retention directive leaked
News While the data held by communications companies won't include the content of the calls or emails themselves, it will ensure that law enforcement agencies can identify the sender and recipient and, for mobile calls, the location of the caller.
[August 2, 2005, 9:45]
Home Office admits data retention plans
News One source very close to the Government told ZDNet UK that, "it is impossible to believe that the data currently being collected by ISPs is of very great usefulness to law enforcement, since it is restricted by European law.
[October 26, 2001, 18:25]
Don't throw buyers' rights overboard
Leader The European IPR Enforcement Directive contains many of the same ideas as Digital Millennium Copyright Act which, in the US, has seen researchers face criminal charges for pointing out security holes in digital rights management technology.
[May 18, 2005, 13:30]
EU anti-piracy directive heads for final vote
News A proposed European Union law strengthening enforcement capabilities against intellectual-property violations has been approved by the European Parliament's judicial affairs committee (JURI), paving the way for a fast-track vote next month...
[February 26, 2004, 11:05]
Software patent protest to block Web sites
Talkback This in conjunction with the proposed IP enforcement law could open the way to solving the Pension problem in the UK. Just break copyright and you too can go to jail. Full expenses paid, 3 meals a day.
[August 27, 2003, 16:37]
Critics delay vote on EU intellectual property law
News The draft directive on the enforcement of intellectual property (IP) rights was set for a vote in the European Parliament on 11 September, but was delayed until early November, then until this week. The MEP responsible for guiding the IP...
[November 19, 2003, 16:30]
IP Next-Generation Network Security for Service Providers
White Papers Security is pervasive in technologies, policies, monitoring, and enforcement features from service provider networks to end-user devices. In the Cisco IP Next-Generation Network (NGN) architecture, security features can be integrated and activated...
[June 13, 2008, 1:01]
Wimp
Downloads Presumably, law enforcement agencies can then use this information to get the precise location of your computer. Have you ever planned on accessing a remote computer only to find that the ip address had changed since you last checked it?
[December 12, 2006, 7:00]
TechNet Webcast: Prepare Yourself for Windows Server 2008 (Part 6 of 8): Network Access Protection Technical Overview (Level 300)
White Papers It looks at NAP enforcement and the many enforcement options that can use to ensure healthy systems. Then the webcast looks at how to enforce health polices for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and IP security (IPsec).
[January 8, 2008, 0:01]
When 'Mission-Critical' Means Securing Public Safety, a Truly Reliable Network Solution Is the Only Option
White Papers The MDPD deployed a truly reliable infrastructure, with built-in redundancy, that provides law enforcement officers with the information and tools they need to most effectively see to public safety. The upgrade delivers a wealth of new and evolving...
[December 19, 2007, 0:01]
Cisco IOS SSL VPN Policy Groups
White Papers The enforcement of policy is an important part of any SSL VPN service. SSL VPN is comparable to and complements the popular IP Security (IPsec) remote-access VPN. This paper provides configuration guidance for users of Cisco IOS SSL VPN.
[March 16, 2009, 7:32]
TrackYourMac Lite
Downloads Now the law enforcement agencies have something to work with should your Mac get stolen. TrackYourMac Lite is a software utility that will monitor your Mac's IP address to allow you to keep tabs on your Mac.
[September 8, 2004, 8:00]
IP infringement fines to increase tenfold
News The way things are headed with enforcement at the moment, the IPO has to be careful not to get those two groups mixed up. The Open Rights Group (ORG), a digital civil-liberties organisation, said that, while the commercial production of pirated...
[May 6, 2009, 17:00]
'DMCA on steroids' heads for Euro Parliament
News When the IP enforcement proposal was first introduced in January 2003, it drew a "dismayed" reaction from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and other copyright-holder lobbyists, which called for the measures to be...
[February 19, 2004, 20:39]
