Tag: Round Up (Page 6 of 8)

Google has released its latest Transparency Report, July to December 2012, which shows that ‘User data requests’ have increased by over 70% since 2009. It has not recorded content removals but those will be reported separately in due course. UK information is available here; more detailed US data can be found here. Meanwhile, an Open Letter to Skype from “Privacy Advocates, Internet Activists, Journalists & Other Organizations” calls on the VoIP service to release a regularly updated Transparency Report as well. Continue reading

Associated Press, Getty Images, Reuters, British Pathé, Press Association, and the Federation of Commercial and Audiovisual Libraries have delivered a Letter Before Claim to Vince Cable, in opposition to the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill. They object to Clauses 66, 67 and 68, “which will allow the government to make changes to copyright exceptions, reduce the length of term of copyright, and allow the licensing of Orphan Works“, the British Journal of Photography reports. More at Out-Law.com here. Continue reading

There’s still time to enter the Inforrm Media Law Quiz of the Year – just. Entries must be received by 14 January 2013. Inforrm also had a quick preview of the year ahead, marking its return from a winter break. Continue reading

Happy New Year to all our readers. This is the first round up of 2013, following a three part Review of the Year 2012 [1, 2, 3].  Firstly, there is still time to complete the Inforrm Media Law Quiz of the Year, set by the reigning champion, Benjamin Pell. Answers should be submitted to Inforrm by email (to inforrmeditorial@gmail.com) by 14 January 2013.  Secondly, please do let us know if we’ve missed anything, or if you have suggestions for items to include in the next round up: inforrmeditorial@gmail.com or jt.townend@gmail.com. Continue reading

This is the final round up before Christmas: normal service will resume in the new year. Please send us any items for inclusion in the next round up to inforrmeditorial@gmail.com.

Twenty-two claimants in the News of the World phone hacking litigation have accepted damages in settlement of their cases. Other cases are likely to settle by January, with a “substantial” number of claims going forward, as the BBC reports here. In October 2012 it was reported that there were 167 claims on the register. Continue reading

In a widely reported speech at the Communications Law Centre University of Technology, Sydney, Lord Justice Leveson spoke about privacy and the internet, suggesting that “while established legal norms are in many respects capable of application to the internet, it is likely that new ones and new laws will need to be developed“. Continue reading

‘L-Day’ arrived and saw the release of 1,987 pages and over one million words in the Leveson report. Edward Craven summarised the key recommendations here for Inforrm. It has been extensively covered in the mainstream media, with most attention on Lord Justice Leveson’s recommendations for a new regulatory system. Continue reading

The news of the week is that Leveson will report on 29 November 2012. A copy of the report will be available to download from the Inquiry website once it has been officially published. There has been a huge amount of comment in anticipation of his findings: for a small selection see: Steven Barnett in the Times Higher Education; Robert Peston at the BBC (who refreshingly admits “the defining characteristic of my knowledge of the Leveson report is that I don’t know very much“); Richard Ackland in the Sydney Morning Herald; further backlash at the Mail; and a Guardian editorial calling for “a small number of key changes” to the Hunt-Black plan. Professor Stewart Purvis has a 70 word summary here. Continue reading

Lord McAlpine’s settlement with the BBC for £185,000 plus costs, and the threat of legal action against tweeters who published his name following Newsnight’s false allegations has been the top media law story of the week. A transcript of McAlpine’s interview with BBC World at One is available here; his solicitor’s interview with the programme can be listened to here. Continue reading