Tagged: High Court & News
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ComReg warns Eircom over wholesale obligations, threatens High Court order News
23.12.2012 Ireland’s telecoms watchdog ComReg has issued Eircom with a notice for not complying with agreed service levels to other telecoms operators. Eircom has been given five weeks to... -
High Court grants orders to identify firm’s anonymous online accusers News
29.11.2012 The High Court has granted court orders to an Irish-based oil exploration company allowing it to seek the identity of people who allegedly posted defamatory material on... -
Twitter joker’s acquittal celebrated as victory for free speech online News
27.07.2012 A 28-year-old who joked about blowing up an airport after a missed flight prevented him from keeping a romantic liaison which led to his arrest two years ago has had his...Categories: Wireless Communications, Social Media, Phones, Legal, Internet, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
High Court refuses Hutchison bid to block Eircom restructure News
17.05.2012 The High Court has dismissed an attempt by Hutchison Whampoa to block the restructure of struggling telco Eircom on the grounds that the Hong Kong conglomerate’s €2bn bid to buy... -
Virgin Media is the first UK ISP to block The Pirate Bay News
03.05.2012 After the UK High Court ruled on Monday that internet service providers (ISPs) in the UK must block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay, it has emerged that Virgin Media is the... -
UK High Court orders ISPs to ban The Pirate Bay News
30.04.2012 The UK High Court has ruled that internet service providers (ISPs) must block file-sharing site The Pirate Bay. -
WikiLeaks’ Assange loses bid to block extradition News
02.11.2011 WikiLeaks’ editor-in-chief Julian Assange has failed in his bid to block his extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault charges. The High Court in the UK rejected his appeal. -
Facebook injunction granted to NI woman over sex video News
09.08.2011 A classroom assistant from Northern Ireland was granted an injunction by the High Court, prohibiting her ex-partner from showing, publishing and distributing a sex video of the... -
Telcos, ISPs anxious as digital copyright law changes loom News
22.06.2011 Telcos and ISPs in Ireland have just more than a week left to respond to proposals aimed at changing Ireland’s copyright laws, which they fear could result in controversial... -
JP McManus action against Facebook struck out News
30.05.2011 Irish businessman JP McManus' injunctions to force Facebook to remove fake user accounts set up in his name have been struck out at the High Court after it emerged the accounts... -
Publishing via Twitter and Facebook banned in injunction News
13.05.2011 For the first time a high court Judge in the UK has issued an injunction that explicitly bans the publication of information via Twitter or Facebook.Categories: Communications, Consumer Tech, Legal, Legal Eagle, Social Media, Software & Web Development -
Record labels fail in bid to get UPC to implement ‘three strikes’ News
11.10.2010 Attempts by prominent record labels to get cable broadband provider UPC to put in place a ‘three strikes’ regime against illegal file sharers as they agreed with Eircom, have... -
Irish Red Cross takes Google to court to identify blogger News
27.07.2010 Ireland’s Red Cross has taken a High Court action against Google in California to obtain the identity of a blogger alleged to have posted inaccurate and damaging material about... -
Pakistan blocks Facebook over Mohammad drawings row News
19.05.2010 It has emerged that Pakistan has blocked access to Facebook in response to public anger over a competition on the social-networking site asking people to submit drawings of the...Tags: Facebook, High Court, -
Ambitious plans for reunited IT security A-team News
20.04.2010 A month after the company he founded 22 years ago but left in 2008 was wound up in the High Court, IT security expert Dermot Williams has picked through the embers of... -
UPC to continue to fight music giants over ‘three strikes’ policy News
19.04.2010 Cable broadband player UPC said it will continue to ‘vigorously’ defend itself in the ISP liability proceedings taken against it by the big four music companies despite Judge...Categories: Consumer Tech, Digital Media, Intellectual Property, Internet, Legal, Networking & Telecoms -
Smart exits examinership, now in Digiweb stable News
08.12.2009 Fibre and DSL provider Smart Telecom has exited the examinership process with the High Court’s approval and will now become a fully owned entity within Digiweb, it emerged this... -
Digiweb unveils Chatterbox voice and broadband deal News
01.12.2009 Nationwide broadband provider Digiweb has introduced a new broadband bundle that includes unlimited calls to landlines in Ireland and the UK plus 40 free mobile minutes.Categories: Comms -
Digiweb investment to rescue Smart from examinership News
05.11.2009 It has just emerged that troubled telecoms firm Smart is to exit examinership after telecoms rival Digiweb agreed with the examiners to make an investment in the company. -
Eircom to challenge ComReg line share reduction News
16.09.2009 Eircom has lodged an appeal with the High Court against ComReg’s decision to slash the cost of line share to alternative local loop unbundling (LLU) operators from €8.41 to €0.77.Categories: Comms