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Legal worries led Massachusetts to open standards
News The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has cited legal concerns over Microsoft's software as a factor behind its decision to only use document formats based on open standards. Eric Kriss, Secretary of Administration & Finance for the Commonwealth of...
[September 5, 2005, 17:40]
BT to begin third Phorm trial
News Phorm's technology, which BT will use under the brand of 'Webwise', has attracted protests from peers, politicians, technologists and thinktanks, who have expressed concerns over legal and privacy issues.
[September 29, 2008, 12:49]
Mobiles set to record conversations
News Backers of DoCoMo's record feature downplayed legal concerns, pointing out that the industry has worked through thorny issues before. But its development also serves as an illustration of the industry's approach when it comes to the legal and...
[September 4, 2003, 11:30]
Google pulls plug on Yahoo search-ad deal
News After four months of review, including discussions of various possible changes to the agreement, it's clear that government regulators and some advertisers continue to have concerns about the agreement," wrote David Drummond, Google's chief legal...
[November 5, 2008, 15:23]
Orange heads to court over mobile masts
News The legal action is being brought by Stockport Council, which insists that parents, school governors and local residents want the masts removed because of concerns over health effects. We have a duty of care to children, and after months of trying...
[February 2, 2001, 14:06]
Microsoft tweaks licensing agreements
News In general, Kaefer said the company is learning that there are creative ways to handle many of these issues that both resolve legal concerns and improve its relations with partners. Although the company is less willing to change the way it develops...
[March 2, 2004, 10:35]
US govt to get early warning of Net attacks
News David Sobel, general counsel of the Electronic Privacy Information Centre, said Gewis raises similar legal and constitutional concerns if it includes monitoring Internet resources operated by the private sector.
[August 1, 2003, 10:40]
MP wins Internet Hero award
News ISPs worry -- and their concerns were largely confirmed by the APIG report -- that complying with these new measures could expose them to legal action under the Data Protection Act and the Human Rights Act.
[February 21, 2003, 8:36]
RIPA surveillance may break human rights laws
News The information commissioner warned the Home Office of this conflict in a legal opinion issued this week. The information commissioner's legal opinion, from Ben Emmerson QC, advised that RIPA's data access provision could break the law because of...
[July 31, 2002, 16:43]
FSF recommends express patent licences
News Free Software Foundation (FSF) senior counsel, Dan Ravicher, has put forward a recommendation to help developers avoid potential legal pitfalls when distributing software under free and open-source licences.
[November 5, 2004, 10:08]
ISPs revolt against data retention law
News Nevertheless, ISPs say they still have many concerns about the code of practice, not least of which is the worry that by complying with it, ISPs may be forced to break other laws. ISPs need to know their legal position," said the spokesman.
[October 23, 2002, 17:08]
File-swapping service shutters on DoJ concerns
News Citing Justice Department concerns, a popular Web site has shuttered a file-swapping service created for sharing personal files such as family photos but instead became a haven for software pirates. It was this service the company said that piqued...
[January 23, 2001, 9:34]
P2P firms face new legal threat
News A 25 February draft letter that appears to have been edited for California Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office places the controversial networks in the centre of a set of legal crosshairs. The attorney general has several concerns related to...
[March 16, 2004, 14:05]
Business should 'use privacy laws, not abuse them'
News Despite a perceived complexity in much of this legal framework, France insisted that common sense is the best guide, and urged business managers and IT directors to understand the framework of the law and its key principles -- while leaving the...
[January 31, 2002, 11:52]
Court dismisses free-speech lawsuit
News A New Jersey judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit brought against the music industry, saying that threatened legal action didn't keep a computer-science professor from publishing research on anti-copying technology.
[November 29, 2001, 11:42]
Microsoft: IP indemnification 'does include damages'
News Microsoft has clarified its IP indemnification policy, saying that it will indemnify claimants against damages as well as just legal costs, but some legal observers say the company still needs to spell out the small print on the protection it is...
[November 4, 2004, 14:03]
Developers angry over software patent 'evasion'
News A meeting held at the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) on Tuesday to clarify the proposed Computer Implemented Inventions Directive left software developers angry that their concerns still haven't been addressed.
[December 15, 2004, 11:15]
Hollywood chases down campus pirates
News The letter, which the trade groups asked college presidents to send to university legal, financial and technological executives, stops short of threatening any kind of legal action. Indeed, the trade groups have rarely targeted Internet service...
[October 11, 2002, 7:54]
Gov't watchdog reveals early ID card concerns
News The agency charged with driving value for money for government projects has revealed its early concerns over the £4.7bn ID card project. Other risks cited in the 2003 report included inadequate support from relevant organisations such as the police...
[March 20, 2009, 15:49]
Via sets date for Pentium 4 chipset launch
News Via Technologies is set to launch its Pentium 4 chipset in full production quantities on Wednesday, despite the threat of legal action from Intel. The Taiwan semiconductor manufacturer, the second largest chipset maker after Intel, is using both...
[August 13, 2001, 15:56]
