Live web TV operator Zattoo.com defends its approach to simulcasting UK broadcasters' content without their permission

As ITV faces a £5.7m fine, we ask an industry rep why nobody noticed the abuses while they happened

We ask whether the website scraping that underpins the emerging aggregator industry falls foul of the law

We find that few authors of PDFs know how to make them accessible to blind users

We report on the French court ruling that could put many a publisher off using RSS feeds

We investigate the change Google has made to trade mark rules in its AdWords system, and find it could increase ad costs by a factor of six.

We look at whether or not the UK courts are trying to make UK patent law more like that in Europe, where software can sometimes be patented. Plus we find out how large companies can save time and money implementing the Companies Act

Software as a service is an emerging trend, but can you use US-based services and keep your documents from the prying eyes of the US authorities?

The internet has brought free, valuable information to people all over the world, so why has it not brought free access to the most basic building block of society, the law?

As an Obama aide resigns over off the record comments, we investigate if a law that protected Prince Albert can do the same for journalists' sources. Plus we talk to an MEP who wants to decriminalise file sharing