Bassey and Daltrey applaud copyright ruling
Dame Shirley Bassey and Roger Daltrey are among the veteran stars who have expressed support for a new European Union ruling extending music copyright from 50 to 70 years. The law, which is expected to be ratified More...
The Man Who Crossed Hitler: Coming Soon
Bringing this remarkable true story to life, Ian Hart (Five Daughters) and Ed Stoppard (Upstairs, Downstairs) lead an all-star cast in The Man Who Crossed Hitler, a revealing one-off drama that tells the true story More...
Germans question Facebook tagging privacy
Facebook is being accused of violating German privacy laws with its facial recognition system. Hamburg’s privacy commissioner said that the technology was collecting users’ biometric information More...
Rihanna in copyright row
A teen photographer is demanding six-figure compensation after claiming that Rihanna stole his SM photo concept for a hit music video. A lawyer acting for Philipp Paulus, 19, claims a scene in the More...
Men At Work lose song plagiarism appeal
Australian band Men at Work have lost an appeal against a ruling which found their 1983 hit single Down Under was partly copied from a folk song. Australia’s Federal Court upheld the decision More...
Government mulls UK net controls
The government is talking to ISPs about blocking access to websites deemed to help people infringe copyright. With the help of ISPs and content makers it has set up a working party to see how such More...
Law & Order: UK – Episode: 1 of 6
Monday, 7 March 2011, 9:00PM – 10:00PM In the new six-part series of LAW&ORDER:UK the critically acclaimed cast; Bradley Walsh, Jamie Bamber, Harriet Walter, Ben Daniels, Freema Agyeman and Bill Paterson More...
Silk starts this week
Episode 1 of a brand new legal series starts on Tuesday of this week. Maxine Peake (Criminal Justice), Rupert Penry-Jones (Spooks), Neil Stuke (Reggie Perrin), Natalie Dormer (The Tudors) and Tom Hughes (Sex, Drugs More...
Road Wall Builders Sued
Bungling road officials who built a wall across a 70 miles per hour motorway at night without warning motorists are being sued by crash victims. The five-feet high wall – which had no lights or signs – More...
Topless balcony protest in Ukraine
A group of women held a rare protest on their balconies of Kiev, where they appeared topless, protesting against a law that prohibits them to wear lingerie on view in public, hang it on a clothes lines or put furniture More...
Trademark battle could force TV channel Dave to change name
Dave, the male-skewed UKTV Freeview channel, could be forced to rebrand after the Engine-owned branding consultancy Dave won a legal ruling over the right to use the name. A trademark application made by the TV More...
France’s gay marriage ban constitutional
France’s Constitutional Council on Friday declared that the country’s ban on gay marriage did not infringe the constitution. The 9-member council, the top authority on constitutional questions, was More...
Doctor wrongly amputates penis
A local doctor faces a lawsuit and he is accused of wrongfully amputating a man’s penis. The case has been in the works for more than two years. AÂ man’s penis was amputated during what was supposed More...
UK copyright laws to be reviewed, announces Cameron
Britain’s intellectual property laws are to be reviewed to “make them fit for the internet age,” Prime Minister David Cameron has announced. He said the law could be relaxed to allow greater use More...
Indonesia breastfeeding law stokes controversy
In Indonesia a new law has been passed that stipulates all babies should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months of life. From early next year, anyone who stands in the way of this will be fined up to More...
Elliot Tittensor on driving charge
TV star Elliott Tittensor has been charged with driving without insurance following a car accident this summer. The 20 year old, famous for his role in hit TV series Shameless, was accused of hitting teenager Oliver More...
Real Crime with Mark Austin: Gunn Law
Monday, 18 October 2010, 10:35PM – 11:35PM In Summer 2004 a middle aged couple were shot dead in their bungalow in a quiet seaside town on the East coast. The murder, which had the hallmarks of a gang land More...
EU approves new regulation on animal-testing
The European Union’s rules on the use of animals for scientific research were updated on Wednesday, despite claims from some lawmakers they would still allow cruelty. EU lawmakers put the final seal of approval More...
English signs to be banned
Argentinian councillor Jacinta ‘Poly’ Tritten has sent a draft proposal to the Deliberative Council of La Plata to forbid the use of English language words by local businesses. There is a trend in most native More...
Jennifer Aniston ‘stalker’ ordered to stay away
Actress Jennifer Aniston has been granted a restraining order against a man her lawyers say planned to abduct her. Jason R Peyton, 24, was ordered to stay away from Aniston for the next three years by Los Angeles More...