BBC News: UK looks to US on piracy blocking
BBC News: UK looks to US on piracy blocking 5 July 2011 Last updated at 15:21 GMT UK looks to US on piracy blocking Footballs, AFP/Getty Ways to stop websites illegally streaming sports matches should…
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Film piracy battle heads to court | guardian.co.uk
Film piracy battle heads to court | guardian.co.uk Motion Picture Association heads to high court seeking to block website that allegedly distributes pirated material Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk, Monday 27 June 2011 11.11 BST Colin Firth…
Film studios want BT to block website offering The King’s Speech | guardian.co.uk
Film studios want BT to block website offering The King’s Speech | guardian.co.uk Newzbin2 claimed to be ‘infringing copyright on an enormous scale’ Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 28 June 2011 14.16 BST Article history The…
Leaked Document: Copyright Industry Wants a Great Firewall of Britain
Leaked Document: Copyright Industry Wants a Great Firewall of Britain: “ Website blocking has certainly been discussed in the US with the PROTECT IP act first propsed last month. While the senate has approved the…
Leaked: UK copyright lobby holds closed-door meetings with gov’t to discuss national Web-censorship regime – Boing Boing
LEAKED: UK copyright lobby holds closed-door meetings with gov’t to discuss national Web-censorship regime – Boing Boing Cory Doctorow at 2:46 AM Wednesday, Jun 22, 2011 A group of UK copyright lobbyists held confidential, closed-door…
BBC News: Digital Economy Act court challenge fails
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…
High Court awards damages to Operation Ore accused | News | PC Pro
High Court awards damages to Operation Ore accused | News | PC Pro By Nicole Kobie Posted on 4 Apr 2011 at 14:29 The High Court has awarded damages to a man wrongfully caught up…
Operation Ore was based on flawed evidence from the start
Operation Ore was based on flawed evidence from the start: “ Cops raised concerns ahead of national meeting in 2003 Exclusive Britain’s biggest ever computer crime investigation, Operation Ore, was flawed by a catalogue of…
Judge hits police with massive bill over false Operation Ore charges
Judge hits police with massive bill over false Operation Ore charges: “ Cop had ‘no honest belief’ in charges A man wrongly accused in Britain’s largest ever child pornography investigation has won damages in the…
Open Rights Group: Minister confirms site blocking discussions
Open Rights Group | Minister confirms site blocking discussions By Peter Bradwell on Mar 30, 2011. We have received a reply from Ed Vaizey, Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, about new website blocking…