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Archive for 2011/09/08
In a case brought by EMI against one of Germany’s largest Internet service providers, a court has ruled that the ISP cannot be held liable when its subscribers infringe copyright. Music giant EMI wanted the ISP to block a certain file-sharing site but the court decided otherwise and dismissed the case
Posted: 2011/09/08 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, JurisprudenceThe Global Secure Summit will enable industry professionals to gain a comprehensive insight into the current issues and initiatives currently being implemented to combat counterfeit products on the open markets in the enlarged EU and around the globe
Posted: 2011/09/08 in Education / AwarenessThe invited delegate audience for GSS 2011 include: Pharmaceutical & Healthcare, Personal Care Products, Tobacco Industry, Consumer Electronics,Premium Drinks
Increasing the availability of legal content on the digital market is the most commonly suggested solution to the difficulties the creative sector currently faces due the massive downloading from illegal sources. However, the development of innovative business models is hindered by the availability of illegal content
Posted: 2011/09/08 in Copyright, Education / Awareness, Stats / reportsAn attack on a Dutch company that issues certificates used to authenticate websites was state-sponsored, according to the chief executive of Comodo, a company that also issues digital certificates and suffered a similar setback in March
Posted: 2011/09/08 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data Protection, Public PolicyAn internet user with proven ties to the DigiNotar hack claims he stole email, customer data and other sensitive data from two competing web authentication authorities that will be released publicly soon
Posted: 2011/09/08 in Cybercrime, Education / Awareness, Network Security, Privacy / Data ProtectionIBM offers up $1B in SMB technology financing
Posted: 2011/09/08 in Education / Awareness, New Business Models, Tech EvolutionAmerican transit operator Cogent has filed an interesting complaint against internet service provider Orange before the French competition authority, the Autorité de la Concurrence (AC). Orange is accused of slowing down access to certain sites of Cogent customers, one of which is MegaUpload
Posted: 2011/09/08 in Bandwidth Management, Education / Awareness, Litigation, Stats / reportsMegaUpload is a file hosting service, where users can upload and download files. Because many, if not most of the popular files uploaded and downloaded from MegaUpload are large files such as pirated movies and games, MegaUpload, which is run by the convicted hacker Kim Schmitz, generates immense amounts of Internet traffic. It is estimated that about 75% of all traffic from cyberlockers is infringing, and it is suspected that that figure is even higher for MegaUpload.
Dutch authorities use software to scan Twitter, Facebook, Hyves and LinkedIn for signs of social welfare fraud. 70 out of 100 targets scanned generated ‘suspicious’ data. Sometimes it’s not even the fraudster disclosing relevant information but one of his neighbors
Posted: 2011/09/08 in Education / Awareness, Enforcement, Privacy / Data Protection, Public PolicyAlso reveals actual whereabouts of fraudsters
Dutch language news article:
http://www.nu.nl/tech/2609969/twitter-en-facebook-verraden-bijstandfraudeurs.html
Belgium preparing Net Neutrality legislation
Posted: 2011/09/08 in Education / Awareness, Legislation, Net Neutrality, Public PolicyDutch language news article:
http://tweakers.net/nieuws/76646/belgie-krijgt-waarschijnlijk-wet-op-netneutraliteit.html
