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17
FEB
2012

ECJ: No general monitoring responsibility for social networks

Online social networks cannot be forced to install a general filtering system to preventively monitor whether its users exchange unauthorised copies of copyright protected work. This would be a disproportionate measure that limits freedom of enterprise of the platform and infringes the privacy of its users, according to Europe's highest court on Thursday. With this preliminary ruling, the...
03
FEB
2012

Google follows Twitter: Country specific NTD to comply with local law

Google joins Twitter in announcing a change to its Blogger service that allows the company to make blog posts unavailable in specific regions. Google will do so in case the texts violate local laws and at national government request. Last week, Twitter announced using a similar tool to allow the microblogging service to comply with local regulations that vary from country to country. Internet...
27
JAN
2012

Twitter to remove unlawful tweets: threat to free speech or the reality of internet business?

Microblogging platform Twitter has announced they are now able to remove tweets and accounts at the country level. The company is willing to remove certain content, if required by national law. The move by Twitter is heavily criticized in media worldwide. Many journalists see this new policy as a threat to free speech online. But is that fear justified?The company speaks in terms of removing...
17
DEC
2011

The UN and the IMF pressure ICANN to prevent cybersquatting of domain names

The United Nations, the International Monetary Fund and 26 other international organizations are pressing the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, better known as ICANN, to prevent domain name extensions like .un or .imf from being taken by cyber squatters in an upcoming expansion of domain names. The Inter Governmental Organizations (IGOs) requested this in a letter to...
24
NOV
2011

Google expands search results filter with file sharing sites

At the beginning of this year, FutureOfCopyright reported that Google is filtering search terms associated with online piracy, as part of it’s project: "Making Copyright Work Better Online". Now, Google expanded it’s ‘black list’ with names of file sharing sites.Google has been taking measures to make copyright infringing content less easy to find. The search engine started placing...