British Citizens Sued for Downloading Porn on P2P
DavenPort Lyons appears to be at it again.
It may be considered unthinkable that one could get sued for downloading porn, but from the BBC recently suggests otherwise now.
The report says that hundreds of British citizens are being served up with legal threat letters demanding £500 in settlement money or else be taken to court. [...]
UK Prime Minister Denies Three Strikes Proposal… After Europe Tossed It
In an odd turn of events, British prime minister has denied that a three strikes proposal for p2p users is in the works. What makes this so strange is the fact that he announced this days after the three strikes proposal was rejected by the European Union.
There’s a well documented revelation that appeared on [...]
Freedom Not Fear Campaign Going from Europe-Wide to Worldwide
Protests against over-reaching surveillance powers isn’t just for Europeans anymore – the campaign appears to be expected to make it all the way to the United States among other countries.
After an unusually long time without announcements, EDRI posted observations of the ‘Freedom, Not Fear’ campaign. The report contains the following:
After last year’s demonstration for [...]
UK – New P2P Scheme: Charge for Unauthorized Content – Problem: DPI Unfeasable
There’s a fresh report featured on PaidContent that features a glowing new scheme to monetize existing P2P. The problem is that there’s no technology available today that is actually up to the test.
ArsTechnica highlighted the story and correctly notes that there “are a number of reasons to be skeptical of the report”, but there [...]
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 [...]
UK ISPs Threat Against File-sharers – Will B&P Be the Way of the Future?
In light of the British government endorsed scheme of getting ISPs to send legal threatening letters to millions of citizens, one may wonder if this is simply paving the way towards disconnecting users from the internet – and if so, what will be left of file-sharing? Failing to invent a new form of encryption [...]
Leaked British Government Letter – P2P Will be Cut by 80%
The explosive revelation over British ISPs being forced to become the copyright police have certainly caught many peoples attention. Now a new revelation that could send a chill down the backs of digital rights activists has surfaced recently.
A few days ago, we revealed that ISPs caved to pressure from the copyright industry to become [...]
Google ad revenue ‘to surpass TV’
Google is about to overtake the UK’s main commercial TV channels in the race for advertising revenue, a study says.
It found that the US internet search giant’s 2006 UK revenues are expected to surpass Channel Four’s predicted £800m ($1.5bn) returns.
Google will then overtake ITV1 within 18 months, advertising buying companies Mindshare and Initiative told the [...]
UK urged to update copyright law to decriminalize Apple iPod users
UK copyright law should be changed to include a ‘private right to copy’ that protects users of Apple iPod and other MP3 players, according to a new report published today by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr). The UK’s current copyright laws mean that millions of Brits break the law each year when they [...]
Universal Music U.K. launching online channel
Universal Music UK is launching an online broadcast channel Wednesday. The company’s “Musicvidz” will debut with streaming videos; in December, utilizing New York-based WWEBNET’s operating system, it will allow delivery of audio and up to DVD-quality video to consumers’ desktops, without visits to the Web site. Exclusive product will include artist features, reviews, backstage interviews, [...]
