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Internet piracy could cost over one million European jobs by 2015

22 March 2010 | Mark Weston

The growth in illegal peer-to-peer file-sharing on the Internet has a real impact on the European economy. There will be a loss of over one million jobs across Europe by 2015 and over £200bn due to the...

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Government clause in Digital Economy Bill to amend copyright laws without going through Parliament is defeated in House of Lords

8 March 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Government’s controversial clause in the Digital Economy Bill, in which it could have changed copyright laws without having to go through Parliament, has been struck out by the House of Lords. A...

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Change of stance from Government on cutting off peer-to-peer file-sharers under Digital Economy Bill?…

25 February 2010 | Mark Weston

There is some uncertainty whether the Government has shifted its position in the Digital Economy Bill and adopted a more lenient line in respect of illegal peer-to-peer file-sharers. If passed, the Digital...

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Rights holders to fund 75% and ISPs 25% for cost of dealing with Internet pirates

26 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Government has announced that rights holders will have to pay 75% of the cost of dealing with Internet pirates under the Digital Economy Bill. Internet service providers would only be required to foot...

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Virgin controversially trials new software to get info on peer-to-peer file-sharers

26 January 2010 | Mark Weston

Virgin Media is planning to trial new software called CView which would analyse file-sharing by its customers. Privacy International – a privacy rights watchdog – has taken issue with the Internet...

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Government softens controversial clause 17 of Digital Economy Bill which would give Ministers general power to make any change to copyright laws without Parliament scrutiny

22 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick

The Government has softened its line on the highly controversial clause 17 of the Digital Economy Bill. That clause would give the Government a very general power to amend, repeal or revoke any provision...

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Amendment proposed to Digital Economy Bill which would clarify that search engines are exempt for copying web pages

15 January 2010 | Paul Gershlick

Search engines crawl the world wide web and copy pages for the purpose of providing their search services to web users. That use may be an infringement of copyright on a massive scale of the owners of...

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Latest input tagged debill

Internet piracy could cost over one million European jobs by 2015

Government clause in Digital Economy Bill to amend copyright laws without going through Parliament is defeated in House of Lords

Change of stance from Government on cutting off peer-to-peer file-sharers under Digital Economy Bill?…

Rights holders to fund 75% and ISPs 25% for cost of dealing with Internet pirates

Virgin controversially trials new software to get info on peer-to-peer file-sharers

Government softens controversial clause 17 of Digital Economy Bill which would give Ministers general power to make any change to copyright laws without Parliament scrutiny

Amendment proposed to Digital Economy Bill which would clarify that search engines are exempt for copying web pages

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