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Judge Gives Online Ban To YouTub-er

A UK Judge has banned a 23 year old man from boasting of his crimes on the Internet.
Andrew Kellett has received an Asbo (anti-social behaviour order), normally used for ban people from specific geographic areas.

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Flickr/Getty Deal: Analysis

The deal between Getty and Flickr, which exclusively gives Getty the right to pick the best images from Flickr and sell them via gettyimages.com to their customers in the creative, commercial and editorial industries — they call it the ‘first commercial licensing opportunity for photo-enthusiasts in the Flickr community’ — is, in many ways, inevitable.
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Viacom Sue YouTube for $1bn

Search engine giant under attack for copyright infringement

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eBay Wife Auction Gets Police Caution: Internet Freedoms Eroding?

It looks like there could be something seriously wrong happening in the world of the Internet. Police are taking action against individuals for seemingly the most ridiculous reasons.

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TorrentSpy: $110m Court Fine: MPAA Happy

The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) has won $110 million damages against TorrentSpy, a site that pointed to where TV programmes and films could be downloaded without them being paid for.

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EMI Legal Threats Over eBay Kylie Single

The EMI Group has sent a legal letter to a UK user selling a promotional copy of the soon to be released Kylie single,’ In My Arms’ on eBay
Although most people are aware of the litigious actions of the music business, particularly in the US where they took legal action against their customers, accusing them […]

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Your Laptop Is Open Season When Flying To SF, USA

We’re still reeling after reading this story last week that a federal appeals court in the US ruled that it was fine for US customs agents to go through the content of an airline passengers laptop with no evidence of wrong doing - just because they felt like it.

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Photographers Rights In The UK: A Guide (Part 2)

Yesterday we kicked off our guide by starting to underline your rights as a photographer. Today we continue to look at where you can or can’t take pics.

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Photographers Rights In The UK: A Guide (Part 1)

A brief outline of your rights when you’re taking photos.

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Photographers Protest Over Police Harassment

MP lodges protest over increasing official harassment for street shooters.

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