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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]
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]
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]
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) Delivers Faster Access To Crime-Fighting Tools With Cisco IP Communications Solution
White Papers They implemented End-to-end Cisco IP Communications solution supports single point of access to multiple law enforcement databases along with Voice over IP technology, which provides phone service and advanced messaging to multiple LASD locations.
[March 1, 2005, 23:00]
On Alert With Mobile IP At The Coast Guard
White Papers Cisco Systems collaborated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to invent the Cisco 3200 Mobile Access Router, a miniaturized router suitable for use in mobile deployments, particularly for military, Homeland Security, law...
[October 5, 2007, 0:00]
IAnywhere Case Study: City Of Oakland Police Department
White Papers Afaria allows police at Oakland PD headquarters to engage the officers with up-to-date information and to drive crime prevention and law enforcement. After installing the new hardware, they implemented an IP-based network.
[January 10, 2006, 23:00]
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 7, 2008, 23:00]
Requirements For Resource Priority Mechanisms For The Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)
White Papers This congestion may make it difficult for persons charged with emergency assistance, recovery or law enforcement to coordinate their efforts. During emergencies, communications resources including telephone circuits, IP bandwidth and gateways...
[December 26, 2004, 23:00]
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 18, 2007, 23:00]
Secure Solutions For The Wireless World
White Papers Healthcare professionals, law enforcement personnel, government agencies, and others are relying more and more on PDAs, wireless laptops, and pagers to share sensitive information where maintaining privacy, message integrity, identity, and trust...
[September 1, 2005, 0:00]
'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]
FBI Wants To Tap High-speed Internet
News Last month, FCC chairman Michael Powell stressed that "law enforcement access to IP-enabled communications is essential" and that police must have "access to communications infrastructure they need to protect our nation.
[March 15, 2004, 9:10]
EU Lawmakers Threaten Open Source
News The proposal is described as a "European Parliament and Council directive on criminal measures aimed at ensuring the enforcement of IP rights". The European Commission has proposed a law that could allow criminal charges to be pressed against...
[August 1, 2005, 17:45]
