Libel ruling boosts net providers
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Internet publishers cannot be liable for posting defamatory comments written by others, a California court rules.
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Former Labour MP George Galloway has won his libel action against the Telegraph and won Â£150,000 in damages. He is also expected to get his costs - the court case is estimated to have cost around Â£1m.
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Name-squatting on the Internet is nothing new, but one public relations firm has found a novel use for it in promoting a nascent awards and networking program.
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InfoWorld - A court has ruled that the Belgian ISP Scarlet Extended&#160;is responsible for blocking illegal file-sharing on its network, setting a precedent that could affect other ISPs in Europe, according to a recording industry group. One legal expert doubted that claim, however.
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Google Lawsuit Thrown Out of German Court  A Hamburg court rejected Metaspinner Media 's lawsuit against Google over allegations the Internet search engine allows rival companies to buy ads using trademarked terms, an attorney said Tuesday.  The AP Wires report that Metaspinner Media took Google Deutschland to court in May, accusing it ...
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The British music industry has won a crucial High Court decision that forces Internet service providers to hand over the identity of people accused of using the Internet to swap free songs.
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SEPTEMBER 10, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A Pennsylvania law requiring Internet service providers to block Web sites deemed by the state&#39;s prosecuting attorneys to be child pornography has been overturned by a US federal court, with the judge ruling the law
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Individuals who use the Internet  to distribute information from another source may not be held  to account if the material is considered defamatory, the  California Supreme Court ruled on Monday in a reversal of a  lower court decision.
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Federal ruling makes Internet phone providers roll out services more actively.
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A volley of lawsuits was launched against alleged spammers on Thursday by the four major US Internet service providers. This includes a case brought by AOL against twenty individuals accused of spimming, or
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A Belgian Internet service provider has appealed a ruling that it must block illegal file-sharing on its network in a case that tests two European Union directives concerning copyright and the extent of responsibility that ISPs have for transmitted content.
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WASHINGTON - A Pennsylvania law requiring Internet service providers (ISPs) to block Web sites the state's prosecuting attorneys deem to be child pornography has been reversed by a U.S. federal court, with the judge ruling the law violated free speech rights.
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Four of the nation&#39;s largest online providers yesterday announced a new round of lawsuits aimed at e-mail spammers, including the first major case involving spam sent via an instant messaging service.
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A federal-court decision in a California utility case boosts arguments made by local utilities clamoring for refunds from the defunct energy trader Enron.
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Grotius writes &quot;Reuters reported that the Supreme Court will hear a broadband regulation case that may determine whether FCC regulations apply to cable companies providing broadband services.
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Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains how a recent lawsuit helped fantasy sports leagues win a clean bill of health from a federal judge.
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Hollywood stepped up its battle against internet pirates yesterday when the Motion Picture Association of America launched a legal battle against the filesharing networks BitTorrent and eDonkey.