UK – Will Anti-Piracy ISPs Fuel Appetite for Fiber-Optic Connections?
After reading the news that ISPs in Britain surrendered to pressure and agreed to fight piracy, some users may not know all of their options to avoid possible false accusations. Now, it seems, a company is rolling out fibre optics for users lucky enough to live in the right city and offering to sell [...]
UK – 7Digital Tries Cashing in With Customers Stuck on Anti-Piracy ISPs
It didn’t take long for businesses to take advantage of the British ISPs caving to pressure and agreeing to fight alleged piracy, but 7Digital is hoping to sell music directly from the ISP. The hope appears to be simply unrolling this service in an effort to dethrone iTunes.
It is a scheme few critics would [...]
Australian Study – ISP Level Filters Improved, but Insufficient for P2P
The timing couldn’t have been better. A new study coming out of Australia has concluded that content filtering technology has shown significant improvement, but couldn’t tell the difference between legal and illegal content over a file-sharing network.
In Britain, there is this distinct rush to implement mandatory content filtering whether ISPs want to or not. [...]
French Minister Pushes for Mandatory ISP Level P2P Filtering Across Europe
If there is anything that file-sharing filtering programs haven’t proven, is 100% effectiveness. In spite of the lack of evidence, that isn’t stopping one minister from pushing for a European law that would force ISPs to implement such technology.
It may be the first time many in English speaking circles have even heard of the [...]
CIPPIC Requests Investigation Over Deep Packet Inspection
Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) hasn’t been getting many headlines these days, but that could change – at least in Canada. The Canadian Internet Policy and Public Interest Clinic (CIPPIC) is requesting the privacy commissioner to investigate major telecom companies in Canada like Rogers, Shaw and Eastlink who use DPI to profile their customers.
Deep Packet [...]
Telus Denies Allegations Arising from ‘Death of the Internet’ Blog Posting
There’s a new conspiracy theory afloat online alleging the death of the internet as we know it. The theory suggests that ISPs in Canada are attempting to make Canada a test-bed for charging a per website visit fee with the rest of the world to follow. Telus, one of Canada’s largest ISP’s responded [...]
EFF – Blocking UseNets Alt Hierarchy Would Violate First Amendment
It’s been widely reported that American ISPs are being pressured to drop their UseNet service by the New York Attorney General. Since ISPs are “voluntarily” bowing to political pressure, the EFF suggests that this effort is circumventing the first amendment.
By now, most American ISPs have dropped their UseNet services. These services typical come [...]
Exclusive: Rogers – We Won’t Just Hand Customer Information Over to CRIA
A few days ago, we reported on the Bloc, one of Canada’s federal political parties, wanting ISPs more liable for copyright infringement. Today, a spokesperson from Rogers Communications Inc., one of Canada’s largest ISPs, spoke to us on the issue of ISP liability.
2005. It’s a year, for some, is only yesterday. For [...]
US Telecom Amnesty Bill Passed – ISPs Let Off the Hook
The US constitution, particularly in the eyes of digital rights activists, has been dealt with a major blow today. The FISA bill with amendments that would grant telecom immunity to ISPs that participated in a warrantless wiretapping program with the current administration has recently passed the senate and now awaits the presidents signature.
There was [...]
Canada – Bloc Leader Wants ISPs Liable for Copyright Infringement
The copyright reform debate in Canada has a new twist – and it comes from the party that wants to separate Quebec from Canada. Bloc leader Gilles Duceppe answered a concerned Canadian’s letter over bill C-61 with what his stance is.
It may highlight what could be something that would send chills down the spines [...]
