All the stories tagged with: law
Protect-IP law, the 5mn video overview [must watch]
11/17/2011, There’s a new Internet law called PROTECT-IP that is about to be voted in Congress, and you need to pay attention to it. PROTECT-IP stands for “Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of [...]
MI5, GCHQ to aid authorities in tracking, intercepting and tracing social messages in London riots
08/16/2011, It seems that during the London riots, groups of looters were organized through the use of RIM’s Blackberry Messenger service. RIM then announced that they will be aiding the authorities in helping to track down the organizers of the riots/looting, [...]
Facebook teachers and student “friending” now illegal, in Missouri
08/02/2011, In an effort to prevent student-teacher relationships from developing, the state of Missouri’s governor has just put into effect a law that makes it illegal for teachers to directly communicate with students, regardless of whether they’re still under their tutelage [...]
Sites that link to illegal files are legal in Spain
07/15/2011, Anybody here a fan of “music blogs”? Yeah, those websites that post links to file sharing websites like Mega Upload or Rapidshare for people to download music illegally for free. No you don’t have to answer the question, but in [...]
Using electronics while crossing the road could get you fined in New York
01/26/2011, The next time you cross the streets of New York, think twice before taking out that phone to make a phone call. According to recent bill passed to the transportation committee, the streets of New York should be a safer [...]
Laws that ban texting while driving could be counter productive
09/28/2010, Now here’s something worth looking into – the NY Post has reported that laws which ban texting while driving could actually increase the risk of road crashes. That’s definitely news to us, as we would have thought otherwise. Findings from [...]
Frontier Communications Sues Google Over Google Voice Patent Dispute
06/24/2010, While the opening of Google Voice to the general public is certainly good news for folks out there, it seems that Google is about to get embroiled into another legal battle, as Frontier Communications has filed a lawsuit against the [...]
San Francisco passes cellphone radiation law
06/16/2010, The people of San Francisco will soon fall under a new cellphone radiation law that requires retailers to post notices on how much radiation is emitted by cellphones they sell. This is touted to be the first kind in the [...]
Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against Sony Over Removal Of The OtherOS Feature From The PS3
04/29/2010, Many of you might already know that the 3.21 firmware update for Sony’s PlayStation 3 disables the OtherOS functionality from the console, which effectively means that you can’t install Linux on it anymore. While hackers have been busy enabling the [...]
