Spain warned on filesharing cut-offs: “ Slow down there José Communications Commissioner Viviane Reding has warned Spain to look carefully at proposals to cut off alleged illegal filesharers.… “ (Via The Register – Public Sector.)
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The Pirate Bay Tracker Shuts Down for Good: “ In the fall of 2003, a group of friends from Sweden decided to launch a BitTorrent tracker named ‘The Pirate Bay’. It soon became one of…
Facebook battles attack by child protection chief: “ Gamble unfriends social networks Facebook has defended itself against criticism from the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (CEOP) that it has refused to join a reporting…
Filesharing laws to hit websites and newsgroups too: “ Mandelson to ‘future-proof’ P2P restrictions The government is planning to award itself powers to change copyright law almost at will, in expectation that new anti-peer-to-peer laws…
File-sharer disconnection law published to continuing opposition: “The Government has published the legislation which would force internet service providers to disconnect internet connections used by alleged file sharers without a court order. The Digital Economy…