EU Commission re-sets clock for IP enforcement review: IPtegrity

EU Commission re-sets clock for IP enforcement review: "It emerged last week that the European Comission is changing the timings for the IPR Enforcement directive (IPRED) review.  At a conference organised by DG Markt, the Commission said that the consultation on the directive will be extended. The move is significant, because DG Markt was scheduled to unveil the revised directive in September, with the intention of getting it adopted next year. That timetable appears to have been torn up. The conference was  entitled “Enforcement of intellectual property rights: the review of Directive 2004/48/EC”. "
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Chronicle of a Block Foretold: UK ISPs ordered to block Pirate Bay

Chronicle of a Block Foretold: UK ISPs ordered to block Pirate Bay | TechnoLlama: "Presented with a block, those knowledgeable enough will simply bypass it. The truth is that bypassing the order will become quite easy through technical means, TPB has issued instructions on how to circumvent blocks from other ISPs, which include signing up to OpenDNS, or to get people to sign up to a VPN service. Those not knowledgeable enough, will simply migrate to one of the hundreds of other services that do exactly the same thing as the Pirate Bay does. Then we are back to the game of whack-a-mole. But perhaps the saddest part of the ruling is that it should serve as a reminder of the utter failure in the “War on Piracy”."
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Studios lose landmark anti-piracy suit in Australia

BBC News - Studios lose landmark anti-piracy suit in Australia: "The High Court upheld a previous ruling that internet service provider (ISP) iiNet did not authorise copyright infringement among its customers.US and Australian studios had wanted iiNet to stop its customers from downloading pirated material.In 2010, a federal court had ruled in favour of iiNet, saying it did not authorise the downloads."

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Law, Transformation and Edinburgh | Lex Ferenda

Law, Transformation and Edinburgh | Lex Ferenda:

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theDirty Denied 47 USC 230 Immunity--Jones v. Dirty World

Technology & Marketing Law Blog: TheDirty Denied 47 USC 230 Immunity--Jones v. Dirty World: threat to online immunity?\
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Chile enforces net neutrality for the first time, sort of | TechnoLlama

Chile enforces net neutrality for the first time, sort of | TechnoLlama: thanks to Andres Guadamuz

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Digital Economy Act appeal: R. v Secretary of State for BIS [2011] EWCA Civ 1229

BT Plc & Anor, R (on the application of) v Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills & Ors [2011] EWCA Civ 1229 (07 October 2011): shortly to be followed by further Court of Appeal ruling...

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