Post from: TorrentFreak Italy to Follow French 3 Strikes Model for P2P In 2003, Silvio Berlusconi’s government passed some of the most aggressive copyright laws in Europe, but ultimately the authorities didn’t give them the…
Government file-sharing options rejected by industry: “None of the Government’s proposed solutions to illegal file-sharing received the backing of the two main industries involved, the internet service provider (ISP) and content industries. The Government will…
Govt uses Obscenity Law to stuff up cartoon sex loophole: “ We Need To Talk About Lisa New Parliament, new legislation – and time for the government’s favourite pastime of ‘closing loopholes’. This time it’s…
Supremes defend American net smut (yet again): “ COPA still dead The Child Online Protection Act is still dead.… “ (Via The Register – Public Sector.)
Post from: TorrentFreak Music Piracy Not That Bad, Industry Says: “ Every year, RIAA’s global partner IFPI publishes a digital music report, which can be best described as a one sided view of the state…
Here we go again…. More nonsense criminal provisions introduced based on previous nonsense provisions. The below provisions were introduced within the Coroners and Justice Bill on 14 January, 2009. Note clauses 48-56. The following text…
Government data sharing plan could extend to private sector: “A Government plan to allow more extensive sharing of personal data is not restricted to the public sector and could result in Government-collected information being shared…
British data protection standard is published: “A set of instructions on how organisations can stay within the Data Protection Act (DPA) while storing personal information has been published by British Standards (BSI).” (Via OUT-LAW News.)
China Strengthens Internet Porn Crackdown With Arrests, More Closures: “The Chinese government’s crackdown on online adult content has strengthened even more today to now include 28 arrests, several newly targeted areas and a total of…
The Register: Demon ends porn-less Internet Archive block Be, Virgin – collateral damage By Cade Metz in San Francisco Posted in Telecoms, 16th January 2009 19:34 GMT British ISP Demon Internet is no longer blocking…