I keep a very close eye on our abuse desk. Most of the time it's fairly quiet. Sometimes there are legitimate abuse reports and sometimes there are reports that make no sense. In some instances this is because the person submitting the report is clueless and thinks we are responsible for websites hosted in Sweden (or anywhere else really - Sweden just popped into my head!)In … [Read more...] about Abusing Abuse Contacts
Polish Law And Bloggers
Krystian is back in Poland at the moment so I can imagine he's had a chance to catch up on all the latest changes over there.His most recent blog post, however, is really quite worrying.According to Krystian's article any site, including blogs, that is hosted in Poland must be considered a publication and register formally. I had to reread that a couple of times to get the full … [Read more...] about Polish Law And Bloggers
Irish Mac Users Can’t Have Fun?
Why on earth doesn't the Apple shop for Ireland list any of the EA games titles?If I go to the Irish site I can buy plenty of "productivity" software, but the choice of games is pathetic, whereas my American friends are all probably off playing BF 2142 already.Is there any reasonable explanation for this or is Apple's marketing team simply dumb? … [Read more...] about Irish Mac Users Can’t Have Fun?
TodayNic Still Spamming
Comment spam is really annoying. It's one of the reasons we all end up resorting to captcha etc., to block junk.Todaynic, who I mentioned previously, are still at it.It's a pity that the RAA doesn't cover spam ... … [Read more...] about TodayNic Still Spamming
Pet Hates – “Clever” Bloggers
Just on my way to bed ...Don't ask!I've recently started reading feeds again (I had cut back quite a bit) and I've started reading some of the more "hip" ones.One thing I've noticed is that only a tiny portion of bloggers have any original content. Most of them are rehashing other people's content WITHOUT citing the source.I don't have time to read every single "in" blog / news … [Read more...] about Pet Hates – “Clever” Bloggers