UN: Disconnecting File-Sharers Breaches Human Rights: “ According to a UN report published in May and set to be adopted today, tough provisions in the UK’s Digital Economy Act and and France’s ‘Hadopi’ legislation breach…
BBC News – Digital Economy Act court challenge fails: “Digital Economy Act court challenge fails 20 April 2011 A legal challenge to the Digital Economy Act has failed get the controversial legislation overturned. The judicial…
French Constitutional Council Validates Internet Censorship | La Quadrature du Net Submitted on 11 March 2011 Paris, March 10th, 2011 — The French Constitutional Council has released its decision1 regarding the LOPPSI bill. Judges held…
Commission urged to force transparency on network traffic shaping: “The European Commission has been told that it should force companies to define themselves either as neutral internet service providers or as ‘managed services’ that give…
Digital Economy Act to be reviewed by courts and Parliament: “The Digital Economy Act is to be the subject of a judicial review and a Parliamentary Inquiry. The news is the latest blow to the…
Record labels fail to get ‘three strikes’ rule enforced in Ireland | Technology | guardian.co.uk Judge says illegal filesharing is damaging music industry, but Irish law does not allow ISPs to cut off offenders’ internet…
BBC News – Irish court rules in favour of ISPs in piracy case 12 October, 2010 The decision is being hailed as a victory for internet service providers The High Court in Ireland has ruled…
ISPs will pay quarter of copyright notification costs, says Government: “Internet service providers (ISPs) will have to bear a quarter of the costs of the copyright protection systems to be set up under the Digital…
ISPs take Digital Economy Act to the courts | Pinsent Masons LLP OUT-LAW News, 08/07/2010 Two of the UK’s biggest ISPs will ask the UK courts to scrutinise the controversial Digital Economy Act to determine…
ISPs take Digital Economy Act to the courts: “Two of the UK’s biggest ISPs will ask the UK courts to scrutinise the controversial Digital Economy Act to determine whether or not it conflicts with existing…