The Annual General Meeting of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) brought some very positive news on efforts to reduce the availability of indecent images of children on the Internet. Thanks to the self-regulatory action of UK hosting providers only a tiny fraction of illegal images reported to IWF are hosted in the UK – down [...]
Over the summer the government has carried out the latest in a series of consultations on what to do about sharing of copyright files on peer-to-peer networks. Under the current law, sharing copyright files without permission is a civil offence and rights-holders can sue those who do it. However the criminal offence of copyright breach [...]
One of JANET’s activities is to monitor and, where possible, influence developments in legislation that affect us and our customer universities, colleges and schools as operators of large computer networks. This blog will provide updates on developing areas of law and regulation; once the law has become clear, the outcome of discussions reported here will [...]