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A draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement has finally been published. ACTA has been negotiated and discussed in secret between leading Governments for over two years (including North America,...
European Commission deeply committed to net neutrality as it prepares to launch consultation on the issue
The European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes, has fully supported the concept of net neutrality, as she prepared to launch a consultation on how to protect it. Net neutrality is the concept...
Digital Economy Act to cost millions of pounds for ‘innocent’ ISPs
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...
Digital Economy Bill passes through Parliament in controversial ‘wash up’ process before anyone has a chance to say ‘cut off’
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...
Government gives go ahead to tax landlines to aid roll-out of super-fast broadband
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling, has given the go-ahead to a new broadband tax in his Pre-Budget Report. The £6 a year charge will apply to every household with a landline in the UK,...