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Spotify earns more than £1m a month from subscribers
Music streaming pioneer Spotify earns more than £1 million a month from its premium subscribers, OUT-LAW.COM can reveal. Earnings could be as high as £72m a year. The figure is derived from statements made by Spotify executives.
08/10/2009
Phishing attacks and online banking fraud losses soar in the UK
The number of phishing attacks on online banking systems has risen by 26% in the first half of this year. Phishing is the technique that was used to uncover the tens of thousands of Hotmail, Google Mail and Yahoo! Mail passwords revealed this week.
08/10/2009
ECJ says innovation can help companies beat competition rap
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has confirmed that companies which are innovative can sometimes escape punishment under the European Union's anti-competition laws.
07/10/2009
Why the Advocate General got Google AdWords wrong
OPINION: We have been waiting for the formal opinion of an advisor to the European Court of Justice, in cases brought by three French companies against Google. Now that it has been published, we think the analysis is wrong.
06/10/2009
Twitter-served court order a success, claims blogger
A blogger who convinced the High Court to allow a court order to be communicated by Twitter has said that the move was a success. Donal Blaney claims that the rogue tweeter has agreed to stop impersonating him.
05/10/2009
European Commission floats idea of web accessibility legislation
The European Commission has proposed legislating to ensure that all EU nations adopt accessibility rules designed to ease disabled people's access to the web.
02/10/2009
OUT-LAW Radio: Whatever happened to P3P?
08/10/2009: We find out why the P3P system which allowed computers and web sites to automatically negotiate the use of private information failed and look at what might replace it.
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