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The US Supreme Court gave its judgement on a critical question of contributory and vicarious (or secondary) copyright infringement at the end of June 2005. It was decided that the makers of software and the providers of a network, both of which were widely used for copying copyright material, were potentially liable for contributory and vicarious infringement.

It's product promotion time and your office needs you to put together some snazzy brochure that gets the point across about how great your product is. Your boss wants it to be a real glossy affair with lots of interesting eye-catching pictures that can be sent out to customers and posted on your equally snazzy web-site.

Mobile phone company Orange recently admitted to breaching the Data Protection Act 1998 (the DPA) by failing to keep customers’ personal details secure. An employee blew the whistle on Orange by revealing that new employees were permitted to share log in details (usernames and passwords) to access the company’s IT system.

A new research study conducted by Ofcom and the Advertising Standards Authority (‘ASA') has ruled that the current industry-wide approach to broadband price advertising is "likely to confuse and mislead" consumers.

Most companies now trade online so it is important that buyers understand their legal position. Online contracts may be created in a number of ways but generally they are carried out by email exchange or via a supplier’s website.

The rapid uptake in cloud computing services represents a paradigm shift in information technology that will have a huge impact on today's businesses.

The rapid uptake in cloud computing services represents a paradigm shift in information technology that will have a huge impact on today's businesses.

Ten years ago, lawyers from around the world were grappling with the fundamental issues concerning the legal systems which would apply to gambling transactions which straddled international boundaries.

We frequently highlight in our Data Protection e-updates the pitfalls of not complying with Data Protection obligations and the resulting adverse publicity and loss of confidence that can occur where there are failures.

Last week saw the rare occurrence of a prosecution under the Computer Misuse Act after an NHS IT manager pleaded guilty to accessing the medical records of hundreds of friends, family and colleagues.

If you have read the book ‘A few kind words and a loaded gun’ by former bank robber Noel ‘Razor’ Smith, you will understand how far the world has come from the days of blaggers charging into a bank branch with a shotgun and making off with a stack of cash.

Facebook has, over the past few weeks, come under renewed criticism and scrutiny for amendments made to its default privacy settings, which are alleged not only to be in breach of Facebook's own privacy policy, but also in breach of users fundamental rights to privacy.

An academic study has found that over half of the top 100 websites are retaining user information through Flash cookies without permission.

With identity theft at an all time high, data security should be paramount in the minds of all businesses but, despite this, an unencrypted CD containing oodles of highly sensitive personal information about employees of leading security software firm McAfee was left lying in the pocket of an airline seat by their auditors in the USA.

On 25 November 2011, the government released its new cyber security strategy, The Cyber Security Strategy of the United Kingdom safety, security and resilience in cyber space.