The European Court of Justice has confirmed that, subject to limited exceptions, a consumer who exercises his right of withdrawal from a distance contract must not be obliged to compensate the seller for the use of the goods…
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The ECJ has supported Portugal’s legislative restrictions on online gaming based in other EU jurisdictions, apparently endorsing a lottery monopoly there. The judgment is likely to have substantial implications for online gaming across the EU….
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ACS Law, who have been handling a series of claims relating to illegal downloads, state that they have now issued proceedings in a number of cases….
Randomly generated links are not just puzzling but might be downright dangerous, and searches can be dangerous too….
The leaker of the BNP party list received only a low fine. The sentencer expressed some surprise at the limits on his powers….
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New proposals ‘to allow for swifter and more flexible measures to tackle unlawful peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing’ were published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on 25 August….
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Most people are all too familiar with the toll that the recession is taking on UK businesses, says Martin O’Neal. But are disgruntled IT staff making things even worse?…
*Terms and conditions apply. The OFT is to look at misleading advertising and pricing on the Internet. That’s going to be like looking at sky – it’s everywhere….
Struan Robertson gives a full account of Patchett and Patchett v SPATA, and offers his analysis of the judgments. He has doubts about the judges’ grasp of Web site behaviour and sees a forthcoming resurgence of the site waiver as a possible result of the case. This article is an edited version of material first appearing on the OUT-LAW Web site at www.out-law.com…
I am worried that I am not doing enough to fund the music industry…