Public Domain Website Forced Offline Over Copyright Complaint
A DMCA complaint to GoDaddy has forced a website offline. It's not your typical copyright complaint though. This website specializes in content that has been put in the ...
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BT Plans New “Music Download” Alternative to P2P
UK ISP says it will unveil a "not-for-profit music download service" some time "in the near future." Subscribers will be able to access the service for free for the first ...
UK Cops Return Broken Confiscated Gear to Innocent Filesoup Admin
Says none of the system unit towers will boot up, a number of tray doors are broken off or missing, and that he's not even sure if everything was even ...
UK Govt to Debate if Site Blocking Even “Possible”
Ofcom plans to review Digital Economy Act to see if provision requiring ISPs to block sites accused of copyright infringement "could work in practice," and also how easy it would ...
UK PM Calls for Review of Copyright Laws
Prime Minister David Cameron says the country lacks the sort of "fair-use" provisions that have given IT companies like Google the "breathing space to create new products and services." Plans ...
ACTA Still Hasn’t Been Seen by Any UK MPs
Country's Intellectual Property Office (IPO) confirms that no democratic institution in the UK has yet seen a draft of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).
More news of the frighteningly secretive nature ...
Records Fall As UK Movie Industry Profits Soar
It's not a well kept secret, but it is facts like this that copyright holders would rather keep quiet when discussing online piracy. This isn't the first time movies ...
Ministry of Sound Legally Threatens 2,000 Alleged File-Sharers
Mass litigation has commenced against 2,000 individuals accused of copyright infringement by Gallant Macmillan on behalf of record label Ministry of Sound. While this isn't the first mass litigation ...
Pink Floyd Band Manager: Attempts to Stop People From Copying a “Waste of Time”
There's been no shortage of opinions on the issue of downloading music. From average citizens to activists to labels to mainstream to small time artists, just everyone affected by ...
UK Group Criticizes ISPs’ Claims of “Unlimited” Broadband
uSwitch warns that as consumers' appetite for online gaming and video streaming increases they face the risk of disconnection for over usage even though their ISP claims they have "unlimited" ...
Report – UK Government Won’t Repeal Digital Economy Act After All
Yesterday, we reported that the government wants to repeal parts of the Digital Economy Act. Today, there was a conflicting report from a one site that says ...
Digital Economy Act – Consumers to Foot the Bill for Enforcement
There's plenty of things wrong with the Digital Economy Act. One of the major flaws is that ISPs would have to pay for the cost of enforcing the Digital ...
Are ISPs The Biggest Obstacle to a Three Strikes Law?
With a big push for a three strikes law, many people have a seemingly unlikely ally - ISPs. Yes, it's the same ISPs that want to throttle users, charge ...
EU Web Filtering Debate Heats Up With IT Group Denouncing It
There's already been a lot of talk about a possible web filter in the EU and now the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), a group representing a number of ...
Global IP Watchlist on Global Consumer Rights Released
The US's Special 301 report which tries to paint several countries as piracy havens has always generated sceptical interest - with increasing emphasis on 'sceptical'. Now a new kind ...
Music Industry Cheers UK “3-Strikes,” Hopes it Goes Global
RIAA, IFPI, and the BPI line up to praise passage of the Digital Economy Bill, which includes Internet disconnection, website filtering, and a virtual ban on public access WI-Fi, hoping ...
British Government (and Opposition) Busted for Copyright Infringement
With the Digital Economy Bill inching toward passage, it seems striking and eerily familiar that the very government trying to tighten down on copyright is, itself, ensnared in ...
New ACTA Leak Outs Who Have Been Blocking Transparency
The transparency issue is the number 1 issue that has plagued the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement on the public front. One question amongst observers is who is blocking transparency still? ...
UK Consumer Group Calls for Copyright Law Reform
Notes that almost 3/4 of the population doesn't know what they're legally allowed to copy or record, and that copyright law reform is needed before the laws lose all ...
UK PM: “We Will Not Disconnect File-Sharers”
Prime Minister responds to online petition asking that he abandon plans by Lord Mandelson to ban individual file-sharers from the Internet, saying that he finds it "very hard to ...
