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.
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UK MP Requests Feedback from Public Over Website Ratings Idea
While it's something occurring in Britain, it also could affect talks between Britain and the United States too.
Controversy erupted yesterday over a plan to classify internet websites in ...
OiNK Admin Appears Before British Court
The administrator of OiNK, the once popular private BitTorrent website, as well as five others, have appeared before court recently. No plea has been entered by Ellis.
If there's anything ...
British Government Announces Support for Copyright Term Extension
In a move that sent shock waves around the internet, Culture secretary Andy Burnham announced that he supports extending the UK copyright term from 50 to 70 years.
It's been a ...
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.
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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Music is in the air as (UK) schools join forces with (UK) record companies
Schools across the Amber Valley have been signed up to take part in My Music – a new music initiative from the record industry and government.
The initiative designed to improve ...
Who will lobby for our right to copy?
First, a disclosure, I recently committed a crime: I copied a CD I had bought on to my hard disk and this is illegal under section 16 of the Copyright, ...
MPAA steals British sniffer dogs
THE MPAA KNOWS a good thing when it sees one. Stories of computerless single mums being dragged screaming and penniless to the courthouse for allowing their daughters to listen ...
NYT move to block Web to Britons raises questions
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York Times decision to block British online readers from seeing a story about London terrorism suspects raises new questions on restricting the flow of ...
British Schoolgirl and Artist Supports File Sharing, Gets Banned From UK Charts
The protest by a pubescent singer songwriter smacks of being a publicity stunt, which it is. But, Amy Thomas' action staged on the front steps of the headquarters of the ...
eMusic intros UK MP3 download service
US digital music supplier eMusic has launched its MP3 DRM-free download subscription service in the UK, and its attempting to tempt would-be buyers with a free two-week trial and 25 ...
