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ISPs seek judicial ruling over legality of Digital Economy Act

21 July 2010 | Mark Weston

BT and Talk Talk – the Internet service providers – have asked the High Court to provide a ruling as to whether the Digital Economy Act is unlawful. They complain that the Act was scrambled through...

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Alleged file-sharers face crackdown from Ministry of Sound

20 July 2010 | Mark Weston

The Ministry of Sound has sent 2,000 letters out to people who it alleges have unlawfully infringed its copyright by downloading or uploading its tracks without permission. The letters ask for compensation...

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Music, movies, moolah – free online?

28 April 2010 | Mark Weston

The new Digital Economy Act includes provisions about online copyright infringement (including 'file-sharing' and 'peer-to-peer' transfer). Under the Act, over the next few months OFCOM is to supervise...

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Court of Appeal victory for price comparison websites

28 April 2010 | Shimon Shaw

Two companies operated websites, by which prospective customers were provided with a 'comparison service' for insurance cover from various insurers. They received commission from the insurers to whom they...

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Digital Economy Act to cost millions of pounds for ‘innocent’ ISPs

20 April 2010 | Mark Weston

The newly passed Digital Economy Act will cost at least £15m a year to Internet service providers. Those figures have been revealed from a Government consultation document. They just cover the estimated...

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Digital Economy Bill passes through Parliament in controversial ‘wash up’ process before anyone has a chance to say ‘cut off’

15 April 2010 | Mark Weston

The Digital Economy Bill has been passed by the House of Commons without much chance for Parliamentary debate with the aim of getting it on the statute books before the General Election - a process known...

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French file-sharing on the rise despite a change in the law

29 March 2010 | Mark Weston

Illegal online file-sharing behaviour has increased in France by 3% since a law was passed in late 2009 (the "three-strikes law") which allowed persistent pirates to be thrown offline. A small-scale study...

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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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Latest input tagged Digital Economy Bill

ISPs seek judicial ruling over legality of Digital Economy Act

Alleged file-sharers face crackdown from Ministry of Sound

Music, movies, moolah – free online?

Court of Appeal victory for price comparison websites

Digital Economy Act to cost millions of pounds for ‘innocent’ ISPs

Digital Economy Bill passes through Parliament in controversial ‘wash up’ process before anyone has a chance to say ‘cut off’

French file-sharing on the rise despite a change in the law

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?…

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