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Greece warned over gaming 'mess'
News The Greek government has been warned by the European Commission over a law it passed last year that seemed to ban all computer games. The commission said it is also concerned that it was not notified about the law while the law was still in its...
[July 24, 2003, 11:33]
EU lawmakers threaten open source
News The European Commission has proposed a law that could allow criminal charges to be pressed against businesses using software that is believed to infringe upon another company's intellectual property (IP).
[August 1, 2005, 17:45]
Covert staff surveillance 'illegal'
News Firms that secretly monitor staff email and Internet use are likely to be breaking the law, according to the Information Commission. In a draft of its guide on employee monitoring, The use of personal data in employer/employee relationships, the...
[April 9, 2002, 14:28]
Harsh sentences loom for spammers
News The United States Sentencing Commission (USSC) said on Tuesday that it had sent Congress sentencing guidelines for the Can-Spam Act, short for Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing.
[April 15, 2004, 10:50]
EC software law could divide open source
News The world of open-source development could be divided if the European Commission succeeds in passing a law extending consumer protection rules to software, according to experts. The Commission proposes software companies be held liable in the EU...
[June 11, 2009, 9:59]
EC: New net-neutrality law is unnecessary
News There is no need for a pan-European net neutrality law because national laws already ensure citizens cannot be disconnected from the web without a court order, the European Commission has said. The Commission was reacting to the French...
[June 12, 2009, 16:17]
Europe steps up war on cybercrime
News The European Commission said legislation and law enforcement — especially across borders — needs to keep pace with new and evolving opportunities for criminals. The European Commission said laws targeting particular crimes — such as ID theft — and...
[May 25, 2007, 10:14]
Lobbyists prepare for next software patent battle
News Pro-patent companies and lobby groups are getting ready for the European Commission's next attempt to change the law around patents. The new patent fight is going to be bigger and more complex because the Commission appears to be looking at the...
[January 23, 2006, 16:20]
Microsoft to appeal Japanese antitrust ruling
News Microsoft on Monday said it will appeal a ruling by the Japanese Fair Trade Commission that the software maker's contracts with computer makers violate that country's antitrust law. The decision to reject the ruling follows Microsoft's decision to...
[July 27, 2004, 10:15]
Intel's response to FTC administrative complaint
News June 8, 1998 -- Intel Corporation said today that it believes the Federal Trade Commission's administrative complaint before an FTC Administrative Law Judge is based upon a mistaken interpretation of the law and the facts.
[June 9, 1998, 17:20]
Faster than speeding spam - 2004's Internet Hero
News Among the nominees are Steve Linford of Spamhaus, for work on spam; the Law commission and, separately, Mary Tait from the DTI, and the Information Commissioner, for work on laws relating to the Internet, and e-commerce minister Steven Timms, for...
[December 23, 2003, 12:15]
European Parliament accepts telecoms competition laws
News In cases where a decision could affect the dominant power in the market or infringe community law, the Commission will retain the right to intervene. This is the largest legislative package passed during this Commission, especially on internal...
[December 13, 2001, 16:20]
EC: Software is not patentable
News The European Commission said last week that computer programs will be excluded from patentability in the upcoming Community Patent legislation, and that the European Patent Office (EPO) will be bound by this law.
[May 24, 2006, 15:25]
Microsoft reveals EC's plans for Windows browser
News As part of its quarterly filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission filed on Thursday, the software maker offered more details on the Commission's statement in which it objected to Microsoft's inclusion of a browser in Windows, saying it...
[January 26, 2009, 7:46]
UK gets its own official Pirate Party
News The party was registered by the Electoral Commission on Tuesday, the party's leader Andrew Robinson told ZDNet UK. Electoral Commission registration allows the party to raise funds and list Pirate Party UK candidates at the next general election...
[August 13, 2009, 15:59]
A Year Ago: Intel's response to FTC administrative complaint
News June 8, 1998 -- Intel Corporation said today that it believes the Federal Trade Commission's administrative complaint before an FTC Administrative Law Judge is based upon a mistaken interpretation of the law and the facts.
[June 8, 1999, 6:33]
US mulls compulsory tag on 'adult spam'
News The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday proposed a mandatory tag for commercial email that contains pornographic material -- a stipulation of the new federal anti-spam law enacted this month. In another example of the FTC's duties related to the...
[January 29, 2004, 15:05]
EC: A Q&A on the Microsoft decision
News But the EU case also presented different facts, and given the European Commission's duty to uphold EU law in the European single market, the remedies are designed to fit with the specifics of the EU case.
[March 24, 2004, 11:20]
Europe urged to hasten book digitisation
News The European Commission has called on Europe to hasten its measures to digitise books, after concerns were raised about the impact Google Books could have on the continent's copyright holders. Information society and media commissioner Viviane...
[October 13, 2009, 17:17]
Government acts over high-tech VAT fraud
News Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) said on Friday it would be able to more effectively combat "carousel fraud" if the European Commission allows the changes to UK law. I hope that the Commission and other member states will look favourably on...
[January 27, 2006, 13:25]
