A London-based judge has rejected copyright claims from the heirs of two former bandmates of Jimi Hendrix, ruling against their bid to secure royalties from the guitarist’s catalog in a long-running dispute with Sony Music and the Hendrix estate. In a 140-page ruling obtained by Rolling Stone, British High Court Judge Edwin Johnson found that…
The British government said Tuesday that it had summoned the Iranian ambassador in response to what it called “unacceptable and inflammatory comments” posted by the Iranian Embassy on social media. The summons, a formal diplomatic tool, comes as the relationship between Britain and Iran has grown particularly fraught amid the war in the Middle East….
When a ship comes under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the first places its distress call is likely to be heard is thousands of miles away, on a military base outside Portsmouth, on the south coast of Britain. “The most distressing events are ones where you are being called up by the…
A U.K. law requiring that pornography websites verify the age of their users took effect Friday. The BBC reports that around 6,000 porn sites have said they will start verifying users’ ages to comply with the Online Safety Act, although at least one major site was not requiring age checks as of Friday morning. The…
