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Failed judicial review of the Digital Economy Act to be appealed

28 October 2011 | Mark Weston

Earlier this year, BT and TalkTalk, the Internet services providers (ISPs), brought an unsuccessful application for judicial review of the Digital Economy Act to the High Court, and then subsequently were...

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Digital Economy Act appeal rejected

4 July 2011 | Mark Weston

BT and TalkTalk recently appealed the decision of the High Court which rejected their bid to have the Digital Economy Act judicially reviewed. The Court of Appeal has now confirmed that the appeal has...

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Hargreaves Digital Opportunity Report of intellectual property published

6 June 2011 | Mark Weston

Professor Ian Hargreaves has published his report on intellectual property rights that had been commissioned by David Cameron in November last year. His report makes ten recommendations, which include...

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BT and TalkTalk to appeal Digital Economy Act High Court ruling

31 May 2011 | Mark Weston

BT and TalkTalk, the telecoms firms, recently failed in their bid to have the Digital Economy Act judicially reviewed, which was brought on the grounds that the Act failed to comply with European law....

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Digital Economy Act IP inquiry suspended

6 May 2011 | Mark Weston

Following the High Court's decision last week to reject an application by BT and TalkTalk to have the Digital Economy Act (DEA) judicially reviewed, the House of Commons Committee on Culture, Media and...

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Digital Economy Act judicial review challenge fails – R (on the application of BT) v BIS, High Court

28 April 2011 | Paul Gershlick

BT and TalkTalk have failed in their bid to get the Digital Economy Act judicially reviewed. The Act was rushed through just before the last Parliament broke up prior to last year’s General Election...

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The Digital Economy Act – never far away from controversy

2 February 2011 | Mark Weston

The Digital Economy Act is soon to be the subject of a judicial review. Now, in a somewhat contradictory move, the Government has both put its proposals for the workings of the Digital Economy Act before...

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Piracy in these shores on the up

14 December 2010 | Mark Weston

An estimated 8 million people in the UK continue to download music illegally. That’s the finding of a survey by BPI, the trade organisation for the UK record music industry. The survey also estimated...

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Digital Economy Act to undergo judicial review

12 November 2010 | Mark Weston

The Digital Economy Act is going to be judicially reviewed. The Act was rushed through just before the last Parliament broke up prior to this year’s General Election. The Act was passed in a rush in...

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ISPs angry at Government decision to require ISPs to pay 25% of costs of notifications for users’ infringements

15 October 2010 | Mark Weston

The ISP Association has reacted angrily to a Government decision that Internet service providers should have to foot 25% of the costs involved with notifying their subscribers and rights holders of continued...

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Latest news and views tagged Digital Economy Act

Failed judicial review of the Digital Economy Act to be appealed

Digital Economy Act appeal rejected

Hargreaves Digital Opportunity Report of intellectual property published

BT and TalkTalk to appeal Digital Economy Act High Court ruling

Digital Economy Act IP inquiry suspended

Digital Economy Act judicial review challenge fails – R (on the application of BT) v BIS, High Court

The Digital Economy Act – never far away from controversy

Piracy in these shores on the up

Digital Economy Act to undergo judicial review

ISPs angry at Government decision to require ISPs to pay 25% of costs of notifications for users’ infringements

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