Archive for 2011/06/01

http://blog.imperva.com/2011/05/anonymous-recruiting-in-germany-.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/31/eu_data_law_clarke/

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/05/31/sony_restores_psn_fully/

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/31/hacking_as_act_of_war/

http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/05/31/eu_disk_mergers/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31001_3-20067614-261.html

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/05/27/uk-isp-bt-and-talktalk-to-appeal-judicial-review-of-the-digital-economy-act.html

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/05/27/uk-and-france-lead-europe-for-ott-broadband-internet-based-tv-services.html

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/story/2011/05/26/acslaw-uk-boss-of-limited-means-found-living-in-a-mansion-and-driving-a-bentley.html

Blocking, throttling and pay per service not allowed. Breaching the Net Neutrality law will be sanctioned. Providers are allowed to introduce new subscription based business models, with differences in data transfer speeds and data volumes.

Dutch language article: http://www.nu.nl/internet/2528857/oppositie-wil-netneutraliteit-in-wet-vastleggen.html

http://torrentfreak.com/the-pirate-bay-five-years-after-the-raid-110531/

http://torrentfreak.com/arrested-file-sharing-admins-face-jail-700000-fines-100530/

http://torrentfreak.com/music-industry-sues-isp-to-censor-the-pirate-bay-110527/

http://www.futureofcopyright.com/nc/home/blog-post/2011/05/31/facebook-profiles-contain-as-much-as-EUR15000-worth-in-copyrighted-content.html

http://www.futureofcopyright.com/nc/home/blog-post/2011/05/31/twitter-to-launch-photo-sharing-service.html

manages to squirm his way out of an uncomfortably direct question about US involvement in the Stuxnet worm in an upcoming documentary on cybersecurity

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/senior-defense-official-hedges-on-us-involvement-in-stuxnet.ars

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/dns-filtering-absolutely-the-wrong-way-to-defend-copyrights.ars

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/telco-missteps-overreach-lead-to-dutch-net-neutrality.ars

With regard to the protection of intellectual property, in particular copyright, trademarks, trade secrets and patents, we recognize the need to have national laws and frameworks for improved enforcement. We are thus renewing our commitment to ensuring effective action against violations of intellectual property rights in the digital arena, including action that addresses present and future infringements. We recognize that the effective implementation of intellectual property rules requires suitable international cooperation of relevant stakeholders, including with the private sector. We are committed to identifying ways of facilitating greater access and openness to knowledge, education and culture, including by encouraging continued innovation in legal on line trade in goods and content, that are respectful of intellectual property rights.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/g8-summit-laws-apply-on-internet-just-like-everywhere-else.ars

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/05/call-of-duty-elite-is-a-for-pay-social-content-service.ars

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/hacktivists-scorch-pbs-in-retaliation-for-wikileaks-documentary.ars

http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2011/05/defense-contractor-aggressive-action-kept-cyberattackers-at-bay.ars

http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/05/who-declares-cellphones-possibly-carcinogenic.ars

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/05/a-way-to-take-out-spammers-3-banks-process-95-of-spam-transactions.ars