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On 31 March 2004, the Federal Court (Canada's national trial court) denied a motion to seek disclosure from five Canadian internet service providers (ISPs), of the identity of certain customers who allegedly infringed copyright laws by sharing music through P2P networks. The plaintiffs, members of Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA), could not identify the infringers but affirmed that these individuals used Internet Protocol addresses (IP addresses) registered with the ISPs which are the respondents to this motion. The court established that the test applicable to this case involved...

OFCOM is the UK communications industries regulator. It was established by the Communications Act 2003 and deals with television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services. One of its Boards is the Content Board, a committee of the main Board. It deals mainly with broadcasting (radio and television) on issues of quality and standards. As regards content issues, these are divided into three categories or "tiers": "Tier 1 concerns negative content regulation. It covers matters principally concerning harm and offence, accuracy and impartiality, fairness and privacy. Tier 2 relates...

On 29 January 2004, the Deutsche Presserat (German Press Council) published its first activity report on the theme of "editorial data protection". The German Press Council is a self-regulatory body for the printed press. Under the amendment to the Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (Federal Data Protection Act - BDSG), which entered into force on 1 June 2001, it is responsible for monitoring the implementation of voluntary data protection guidelines related to the gathering, processing and use of personal data in the media The legal basis set out in Art. 41.1 BDSG is aimed at reconciling the protection of...

In February, all the parties in the Bundestag (Parliament) agreed on a common Bill that makes unauthorised and secret filming a punishable offence. In a corresponding amendment of the Strafgesetzbuch (Criminal Code - StGB), the protection of privacy will be increased as the existing ban on sound recordings is replaced with the new rule. Anybody who, without permission, takes or transmits pictures of another person in their home or places that are not directly visible to the public, will be liable to punishment. Such actions will be deemed to be unauthorised unless the person pictured has given...

On 14 January 2004, the President of Armenia signed the Statute of the Republic of Armenia "On Mass Information". This statute was adopted on 12 December 2003 by the National Assembly (Parliament) of Armenia. The new act replaces the Statute "On the Press and Other Mass Media" of 8 October 1991. The Statute regulates relations in the field of mass information, provides for guarantees for the right to freedom of speech, of accreditation of the press and of the right to refutation and reply. It also establishes the grounds for relief of a mass medium from liability. The Statute defines a mass medium...