Today is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. Back in 2011, the United Nations General Assembly designated the day as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. It represents the main day in the year when the world voices its opposition to the abuse and suffering inflicted on older people.
Interesting story out of Thailand. Taken from the article – https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1791974/copyright-agents-face-arrest-warrants-for-krathong-floats-sting Police will seek arrest warrants for “copyright agents” who ordered krathong floats adorned with copyrighted cartoon characters from a 15-year-old girl, and then had her arrested and fined for copyright infringement.
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Jennifer Lopez is being sued for copyright infringement for posting a photo of herself taken by paparazzi to her Instagram account. Although she is in the photo, she does not have the authorisation to use the photo and does not have ownership
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Its a “travesty of justice” Katy Perry’s lawyer has labelled the verdict on her copyright suit. Katy Perry’s music label has been ordered to pay a total of $2.78 million (around $4 million AUD) in damages for the 2013 hit “Dark Horse”
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As a Australian National University (ANU) student and one that completed my Masters of Law at ANU, I am very disappointed with the massive data hack, of unauthorised access to significant amounts of personal details of the ANU computer network dating back
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The original creators of the iconic “Not happy, Jan” advertisement are unhappy with Darrell Lea for ripping off the idea in its latest TV advertising campaign. Sensis, which was responsible for the Yellow Pages “Not happy, Jan” ad in 2000, has issued
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A private investigations company in Ireland has been fined and prosecuted for passing personal data and data from a government system to insurance companies. The private investigations company Eamon O’Mordha and Company Ltd and its two directors Eamon O’Mordha and Ann O’Mordha,
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http://www.news.com.au/technology/online/security/australian-federal-police-admits-to-metadata-breach-involving-a-journalist/news-story/d1ce2bb1c4bde7f1490aa879b39f0d4b
An ugly case is currently before the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London, where it is alleged that the father-in-law of chef Gordon Ramsay hacked into Ramsay’s emails almost 2,000 times to try to dig up dirt on him. Gordon Ramsay’s father-in-law, Chris
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Kim Dotcom extradition appeal against extradition to the United States has been thrown out of court in New Zealand. The New Zealand High Court has upheld an the earlier decision stating that there was enough evidence to extradite Dotcom, to the U.S.
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