Documents from talks on a secret global copyright deal have leaked online, various sources are reporting. The documents discussed are said to confirm that internet service providers could be compelled to constantly sift through their customers' data looking for copyright transgressions. The European Union's data protection chief has said that such requirements could curtail individuals' [...]
The International Whaling Commission (IWC) has unveiled detailed proposals on how whaling could be regulated in a way that countries still engaged in the hunt and those opposed to it could both live with.
The essential dilemma is what it has been for decades: some societies view the whale as just another wild animal to be [...]
Parents in the US have accused a school of spying on children by remotely activating webcams on laptops.
The school district says the laptops had a "security device".
A couple from Pennsylvania have filed a lawsuit against a school district which gave laptops to its high school pupils.
They say their son was told off by teachers for [...]
Google is preparing to face opponents in a New York court over long-delayed plans to create the world's biggest digital library.
Google has scanned around 12 million books to date.
A judge will hold a fairness hearing to listen to arguments for and against a controversial deal between Google and US authors and publishers.
Critics say the pact [...]
SOMALI pirates terrorising the Indian Ocean are a hazard to more than shipping and tourists. They are also killing important scientific research and may be indirectly damaging the ocean's ecosystem.
Scourge of the Indian Ocean (Image: Mohamed Dahir/AFP/Getty Images)
Fishing boats in the Indian Ocean routinely carry scientists who gather data about fish stocks and threatened species [...]
ScienceDaily (Jan. 29, 2010) — Researchers at Fraunhofer SIT have developed a digital signature for Internet telephony that allows the legally binding archiving of calls. At the GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (Hall 2, Stand E41) the experts will be demonstrating how the VoIPS software works.
Internet telephony has developed from a niche product into [...]
Ministers have given a concession over what critics claimed were "draconian" powers which would enable them to crack down on online copyright infringement.
Ministers say copyright laws must keep pace with technology.
A clause in the Digital Economy Bill would have allowed ministers to amend existing laws on online piracy without the need for further legislation.
Google and [...]
ScienceDaily (Dec. 4, 2009) — Substituting cannabis in place of more harmful drugs may be a winning strategy in the fight against substance misuse. Research published in BioMed Central' open access Harm Reduction Journal features a poll of 350 cannabis users, finding that 40% used cannabis to control their alcohol cravings, 66% as a replacement [...]
Far from protecting us and our children, the war on drugs is making the world a much more dangerous place.
Staff from the Central Bureau of Narcotics destroy the opium poppy crop, Kashmir, India (Image: Sipa Press / Rex)
SO FAR this year, about 4000 people have died in Mexico’s drugs war – a horrifying toll. If [...]
ScienceDaily (Sep. 8, 2009) — European researchers have created a legal analysis query engine that combines artificial intelligence, game theory and semantics to offer advice, conflict prevention and dispute settlement for European law, and it even supports policy.
European law is complex, many layered and expanding. There are thousands of regulations, so many that compliance is [...]
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