Price War Gets Ugly – Shaw Sues Competing ISP
For many in a particular area of Vancouver, it was the deal of a lifetime. High definition TV, phone and high speed internet connection for $9.95 a month. The problem? A small ISP by the name of Novus is also in the area trying to sell the exact same thing. In [...]
EU-Wide Three Strikes Law Back on Track?
Internet access as a right. It’s part of a telecoms package that is said to have blocked three strikes legislation and even a “graduated response”. Many even pointed to this part of the telecoms package to proclaim HADOPI as illegal. Now, there is a renewed effort to neuter this particular amendment and [...]
EU Commissioner Wants to Overhaul Internet Download Regulations
It seems only a month or so ago when we were talking about the battle in the European Union to stop an EU-wide three strikes law. Apparently, an EU commissioner now wants an overhaul on downloading related regulations saying that current access rules to works makes piracy “sexy”.
While we are not really sure what [...]
UK Spy – Gov’t Logging Your Web Activity Saves Lives
Stop us if you’ve heard this one already – we must forgo our privacy and allow the government to log all of our activity on the internet to prevent a terrorist attack. No, it’s not another pro-wiretapping argument being made in the United States, but it is a pro-data retention argument being heard in [...]
Report – Russian Police Chief Wants Internet Anonymity Abolished
On the heals of the first ever Russian raid against a BitTorrent site, the Russian interior minister is now demanding that an anonymous internet should be abolished according to one news source.
Mosnews is reporting that the Russian interior minister is calling for an abolishment of any forms of an anonymous internet. He suggests that [...]
Famous Swedish Writer – Why I’m Voting Pirate Party
Freedom of expression, digital rights and privacy in a digital era. How many people knew topics like that would be a critical election issue in Europe 25 years ago? At first, the movement to bring these issues to the forefront started on someone’s personal website, but now a famous Swedish writer is throwing [...]
Sony CEO – The Internet? Nothing Good Has Ever Come Out of There!
Many would argue that it’s up to the record industry to somehow reconcile with new technology, like the internet, instead of fighting it. As if to reinforce the stereotype that the record labels just hate the internet altogether, a CEO from Sony pretty much said just that in a recent forum.
So what is the [...]
European Parliament Shuts the Door on Three Strikes Law
After a long and hard fought battle, consumer rights advocates and activists in Europe have reason to celebrate today. The back door for a graduated response toward the French proposal of a Three Strikes law has officially been effectively voted down for a third and final time. The only thing left is technical [...]
Major Private Tech Company Now Supports NC Municipal Broadband
Late last month, we reported on how big US ISPs are lobbying the state of North Carolina to block municipal internet from coming to two cities. Now it seems that private tech companies are throwing their support behind the Greenlight project.
Time Warner and Embarq, the two major US ISPs in the area have already [...]
It’s Now Legal for Police to Hack Your Computer Without a Warrant in Britain?
If it’s the job of the government to safeguard the interests of citizens, it’s sure hard to tell these days with moves like this.
Fresh on the heals of India adopting new surveillance techniques that make privacy one step closer to becoming history in that country, the Home Office of Britain has adopted a plan for [...]
