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View online Hi, here is your weekly round-up of highlights from Out-Law News. As always, there are plenty of other stories from this week. You can also access our archive of weekly emails    This week's highlights from Out-Law News TMT & Sourcing and Intellectual Property Commission seeks model contract terms and new standards for cloud computing services The European Commission is to draw up new model contract terms that businesses could use in forming contracts and service level agreements with cloud computing providers. 27/09/2012 Courts could force website operators to remove defamatory statements under terms of revised Bill Courts would have the power to order website operators to remove comments that have already been ruled to be defamatory even if those website operators did not post the comments themselves, according to the latest revisions to the Defamation Bill. 27/09/2012 Dutch court asks ECJ to rule on whether private copying levy should cover cost of pirate content downloads A court in the Netherlands has asked the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to determine whether private copying is permitted under EU law in cases where the copies are made of existing illegally copied material. 26/09/2012 IT staff are not always aware of their company's data security policies, survey says Nearly half of IT workers are not aware of their firms' policies on data security, a new survey has suggested. 25/09/2012 English club's broadcasting deal with BT branded 'illegal' by Heineken Cup organiser A broadcasting deal recently announced by BT and English rugby clubs is "illegal", the chairman of the body responsible for administering the broadcast rights for European club rugby competitions has claimed. 25/09/2012 European committee calls for specific regulations to protect children from harmful advertising The European Commission must draw up specific regulations to protect children from harmful advertising and damaging online content, a committee of public interest groups has said. 25/09/2012 Property Scottish Government proposes incentives for bringing empty property back into use Businesses able to bring long-term empty shops or offices back into use could benefit from discounted business rates under new proposals from the Scottish Government. 27/09/2012 Financial Services Changes in insurance, pensions and platforms landscapes this autumn: speed and communication is vital for success John Salmon’s Financial Services blog 27/09/2012 'Execution-only' platforms must ensure they do not offer investment advice, regulator says Platform providers that provide information on financial products must make sure that they are not providing consumers with investment advice if they are not supposed to, an official at the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said. 26/09/2012 Pensions Pension Protection Fund proposes "realistic" levy increase for next year UK businesses will contribute an estimated £630 million to the fund which compensates pension scheme members should their employers go insolvent over the next financial year, the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) has announced. 26/09/2012 Infrastructure Crossrail stock procurement to benefit from UK Guarantees scheme The public private partnership (PPP) that will fund the cost of new trains for the £1 billion Crossrail London rail project will be among the first to benefit from a new Government guarantee scheme designed to drive down the cost of finance, Danny Alexander has announced. 26/09/2012 Energy Government proposes expanding RHI to cover a broader range of energy from waste technologies The Government has set out its plans to expand the subsidies available under its Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) to a wider range of technologies as part of a consultation process on the future of the scheme. 21/09/2012   Pinsent Masons: combining the experience, resources and international reach of McGrigors and Pinsent Masons   About this email This is a weekly email for subscribers of Out-Law.com, a website with more than 10,000 pages of legal news and guidance. If and when you need further advice, we hope you'll choose Pinsent Masons, the law firm behind Out-Law.com .   Please forward this email to your friends. If someone forwarded this email to you and you'd like your own subscription, register here.