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Indian Student at Livepool pleads guilty...

An Indian-origin student of Liverpool John Moores University charged with hacking into it’s computer system has pleaded guilty. He was booked under Computer Misuse Act, 1990 for gaining unauthorised access to a computer with intent to commit fraud by false representation. The accused, 22 year old, Charantoor Kultar Singh from Manchester was arrested by officers from the...

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange arreste...

The 29 year old ‘Julian Assange’, founder of the controversial WikiLeaks was arrested by British Police, being wanted by Sweden Police for sexual offences… and is supposed to be sent to Sweden, as his bail was rejected by British Court. The arrest has received harsh criticism from all around the world, as violative of free speech. WikiLeaks, which was founded in...

Important Judgments Aug-Sept 2010

Downloads are not performances, rules US court A music download is not a performance of a work and therefore does not demand an additional licence and fee, a US court has ruled. A stream of a file is a performance, though, the court said. Read More Argentine court overturns ruling on search engines’ liability for links An appeals court in Argentina has ruled that search engines...

Landmark Judgement: Defamation in case o...

GARY FLOOD  – and -  TIMES NEWSPAPERS LTD IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE – QUEEN’S BENCH DIVISION DECISION BY THE HONOURABLE MR JUSTICE TUGENDHAT In the said matter, the Claimant ‘Gary Flood’ was a Detective Sergeant with the Metropolitan Police Service wherein he was charged with corrupt practices. The story was published by the Defendent newspaper...