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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...
Ireland starts process that could see file-sharers cut off from Internet
Ireland has started a process that could see illegal peer-to-peer file-sharers cut off from using the Internet. Eircom, the Irish Internet service provider with 40% of the Irish market, has started writing...
Clegg wants to reduce amount of retention of digital communications
Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, has signalled a further change in direction concerning the way the new Government interacts with its citizens. He wants to reduce the amount of digital data held...
Draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement finally published
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...
Australian case says ISP not liable for peer-to-peer copying of users
An Australian court has ruled that an Internet service provider was not liable for the unauthorised peer-to-peer file-sharing habits of users to whom the ISP merely provided access. Roadshow Films claimed...