Web site not liable for comments posted by users when it acted expeditiously...
Newsquest Media was not liable for defamatory comments posted on its web site following its article. Newsquest reported that a solicitor was barred from practising because of misuse of client funds....
View ArticleItalian prison sentences for Google executives for user-generated material...
A decision of an Italian criminal court has sent shockwaves around the Internet. Four Google executives, including its global privacy legal counsel, have been given suspended prison sentences for...
View ArticleEuropean Court of Justice gives eagerly-awaited ruling in Google keyword...
In an eagerly-awaited judgment, the European Court of Justice has ruled on whether use of a trade mark term for the purpose of creating a sponsored advert and getting higher up the search results could...
View ArticleNo one liable if search engine’s summary of article in search result distorts...
Neither a publisher of an article nor the search engine service provider should be liable if selected words taken from the publisher’s article by the search engine result changed the meaning and made...
View ArticleHigh Court reinforces dangers of moderating comments on web site but web site...
Kaschke was a local politician. Gray posted some comments on Hilton’s web site that Kaschke argued was defamatory. Kaschke sued both of them for defamation. Hilton argued that he had a defence under...
View ArticleEuropean Commission launches another consultation – this time on the reasons...
The European Commission has launched its latest consultation. This time, it is asking all interested parties – including retailers, governments and consumers – for the reasons why e-commerce trade is...
View ArticleArgentina overturns previous ruling that had made search engines liable for...
An Argentinian appeal court has overturned a controversial 2008 ruling in which search engines had been made liable for the content of sites to which those search engines provided links in the results...
View ArticleCAP Code to apply to material on own websites
The CAP Code is being extended to apply to material on organisations’ own websites. The CAP Code is a code of practice governing the content of adverts and marketing communications. It is administered...
View ArticleSpanish court confirms YouTube not liable for copyright infringement in...
A Spanish court has confirmed that YouTube is not liable for the infringement of copyright in videos uploaded by users. The user generated content site service provider only becomes liable if it fails...
View ArticleDigital Economy Act to undergo judicial review
The Digital Economy Act is going to be judicially reviewed. The Act was rushed through just before the last Parliament broke up prior to this year’s General Election. The Act was passed in a rush in...
View ArticleInternet publishers and ISPs plead for libel law reform
Internet service providers and major web sites such as Facebook, Yahoo! and AOL have clubbed together to write to the Government asking for online libel law to be changed. Under the European Union’s...
View ArticleOFT publishes strategy to increase protection of consumer rights when...
The Office of Fair Trading has published a strategy document to better protect consumers who shop online in the UK. The OFT would like to undertake more effective enforcement, improve compliance by...
View ArticleDigital Economy Act judicial review challenge fails – R (on the application...
BT and TalkTalk have failed in their bid to get the Digital Economy Act judicially reviewed. The Act was rushed through just before the last Parliament broke up prior to last year’s General Election...
View ArticleL’Oréal battle with eBay worth it as ECJ delivers stunning victory for the...
Some two years ago, the High Court ruled that eBay would not be jointly liable for trade mark infringements by its users who sold infringing products on its website. However, the ruling was referred to...
View ArticleGoogle not liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted on its hosted...
Google was not liable for allegedly defamatory comments posted about Davison on Google’s hosted service at blogger.com, despite the online service giant having kept the comments up even after being...
View ArticleEuropean Commission to consult over website take-down procedures
The European Commission is going to consult this year over take-down procedures for websites. Under the Electronic Commerce Directive, websites have no liability for illegal content that they host as...
View ArticleHigh Court does not consider Google a publisher in relation to blogs on its...
In April 2011, a blog named “London Muslim” published an article on Blogger.com, a blogging platform operated by Google Inc. The article was about Mr Tamiz, a former Conservative Party local election...
View ArticleWeb site operator may be liable for site to which it links – McGrath v...
McGrath sued Professor Richard Dawkins and various others for allegedly defamatory material posted on a web site. This was an application by the defendants to strike out the claim. The most interesting...
View ArticleOFT tells retailers to change websites for Christmas
In the Office of Fair Trading’s (OFT) annual sweep of popular retail websites for compliance with consumer laws, it has found that, out of 156 websites reviewed, 62 may be in breach. The OFT’s report...
View ArticleOnline retailers: are your websites compliant with the law?
An investigation by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has found that more than a third of the UK’s biggest online retailers could be breaking consumer laws. The OFT scrutinised 156 popular retail...
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