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RIPA Surveillance May Break Human Rights Laws
News The powers, introduced by an upcoming provision of the controversial Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), passed two years ago, may violate human rights laws because of a loophole under which law enforcement agencies may access data that...
[July 31, 2002, 16:43]
A Year Ago: Internet Tariffs Must Change - Oftel Report
News The Oftel report is designed to tackle ISPs use of 0345 numbers which provide a legal loophole that allows ISPs to share local call rates with telcos when using the 0345 prefix. The number of free ISPs using the loophole has encouraged lengthy...
[February 24, 2000, 5:17]
Legal Cloud Over China's Harry Potter Fans
News However, it seems the fans will survive this round, thanks to a loophole in Chinese copyright law. A storm is brewing in China over the how legal the Web version of the book is, said the report. Fans of Harry Potter in China may need a magic spell...
[July 31, 2003, 10:25]
'Honest Thief' Waves Pirate Flag
News Editor's note: While the facts reported in this story are correct, including the Dutch legal loophole potentially allowing legal file-trading, Pieter Plass has now said that his statements were an April Fool's hoax designed to drum up publicity.
[February 24, 2003, 5:53]
Snooping Laws Caught In Catch-22
News The trouble is, say legal experts, that plugging this loophole would be illegal under human rights legislation. ISPs want the government to plug a loophole in the law that lets government agencies demand access to customer data -- and which could...
[December 13, 2002, 15:54]
FBI 'hack' Could Set Dangerous Precedent
News In addition, such a ruling could provide a legal loophole for other countries to break into US-based computers in search of data that could aid their own investigations. Yet, while the United States has more than 25 mutual legal assistance treaties...
[May 2, 2001, 8:17]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary 30.11.2001
Blog But if Symantec is going to deliberately stymie its software to not report it, then hackers -- who, one presumes, will be smart enough to spot Magic Lantern no matter what the powers that be do -- can immediately take advantage of the loophole and...
[November 30, 2001, 17:00]
Government Must Update Cybercrime Laws, Say Experts
News Government must "close the loophole" Robertson called for government action to close.For more, click here.the loophole, as previous attempts to legislation through private members bills have failed. But Private Members' Bills rarely succeed so...
[November 4, 2005, 16:05]
Opinion: Yahoo!'s Awkward Corner
News Those with an axe to grind with the Net and a good lawyer will find a loophole or a clause somewhere to promote their case. In the end it will not be morality that dictates how legal cases are settled on the Net.
[July 25, 2000, 16:57]
Taking Without Consent
Forum Surely Not, Is There A loophole In The Law, Or Are They Bending The Law Is It Legal For Companies To Take Money From Bank Accounts So Is It Legal For The Company To Take Money From My account Without Consent
[January 31, 2008, 10:35]
Spanish Site To Offer All-you-can-eat Music Downloads
News A new all-you-can-eat music download service that claims to take advantage of a loophole in Spanish copyright law will launch on Tuesday and piggyback on a popular file-swapping network for distribution.
[May 20, 2003, 7:32]
Microsoft Licensing Prices Tipped To Fall
News Licensing prices for Microsoft software are set to plunge because of a second-hand market which has sprung up, thanks to a loophole in its terms and conditions. I see no reason why they shouldn’t be sold on the open market if they are legal.
[November 14, 2005, 16:10]
BSA 'piracy' Report Dismissed As Scaremongering
Talkback Not so for software companies (who already are overprotected to the extreme by laws and what not) who gratefully sponsor vicious bloodhounds like the BSA to find and exploit whatever legal loophole they can find while lobbying one ignorant...
[May 23, 2005, 23:13]
Second-hand Microsoft Licences Take Off
News It emerged last November that it was legal to trade in used licences for Microsoft software, thanks to a loophole in British insolvency laws and a clause within many Microsoft licences that permits disused or unwanted volume licences to be...
[April 7, 2006, 16:00]
EU Creates Loophole For Personal Data Transfers
News The new contractual clause will provide a loophole for companies wishing to transfer customer data to countries outside the EU, while maintaining their compliance with European legal safeguards. Countries outside of the European Economic Area (EEA...
[January 24, 2002, 16:12]
Is New Legislation Protecting Contractors?
News IR35 was introduced in 2000 to close a legal loophole which allowed IT contractors to be taxed at lower business rates while effectively, according to the Inland Revenue, working as an employee of a company.
[June 24, 2004, 12:45]
Internet Firms May Quit UK Civil Liberties Experts Say
News We need to close the loophole which says ISPs have responsibility if they are informed of content. I think we will see some high profile companies coming out and saying the US is a better place to do business because of its legal environment," he...
[May 3, 2000, 14:47]
IR35 Ruling Means Tax Chaos
News However, the government has insisted that the purpose of IR35 is to close a tax loophole. Any judgements brought by the Revenue will need to be reconsidered, as will any legal judgements," Durrant warned.
[April 2, 2001, 9:58]
EU Anti-piracy Directive Heads For Final Vote
News The US-based group the Electronic Frontier Foundation said that while some of the remedies in the directive are only available for commercial-scale infringement, a loophole has been added in recital 13a -- a provision which defines "commercial...
[February 26, 2004, 11:05]
MPs Put The Boot Into IR35
News In short, the APPSBG's message is that IR35 -- which was introduced in April 2000 as a way of closing a tax-avoidance loophole -- appears to be far from acceptable in its present form. The Professional Contractors Group was set up to fight IR35...
[July 30, 2003, 18:45]
