November 21, 2009 - 6:51 pm
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The British government has brought down its long-awaited Digital Economy Bill, and it’s perfectly useless and terrible. It consists almost entirely of penalties for people who do things that upset the entertainment industry (including the “three-strikes” rule that allows your entire family to be cut off from the net if anyone who lives in your [...]
November 19, 2009 - 3:48 pm
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Secretary of State Peter Mandelson is planning to introduce changes to the Digital Economy Bill now under debate in Parliament. These changes will give the Secretary of State (Mandelson — or his successor in the next government) the power to make “secondary legislation” (legislation that is passed without debate) to amend the provisions of Copyright, [...]
November 15, 2009 - 10:45 pm
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A source inside lawyers Davenport Lyons and their partner DigiProtect has leaked sensitive documents detailing how the companies generated profit from porn. They show how the pair extracted money from alleged file-sharers, how the revenue was split and how individuals were ranked to decide who to chase and who to leave alone.
http://torrentfreak.com/leaked-documents-reveal-anti-piracy-cash-operation-091115/
November 9, 2009 - 12:48 pm
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The Home Office says it wants to change the law to compel communication service providers (CSPs) to collect and retain records of communications from a wider range of internet sources, from social networks through to chatrooms and unorthodox methods, such as within online games.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/8350660.stm
November 7, 2009 - 6:27 pm
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Following several legal setbacks, a Danish anti-piracy group which represents the music and movie industry, has announced that it will stop going after illegal file-sharers. The outfit came to this decision after it lost several court cases against alleged copyright infringers.
http://torrentfreak.com/anti-piracy-group-throws-in-the-towel-pirates-walk-free-091107/
