UK Govt. Censors Concerns of Erroneous Piracy Allegations: “ Yesterday the UK government announced that following a report from regulator OFCOM, plans to block alleged copyright-infringing websites would be dropped. However, there was a second…
New website blocking regulations not on the agenda, Government says: “The Government has sidetracked plans to create new website blocking laws following a recommendation from the UK’s telecoms regulator.“ (Via OUT-LAW News.)
Individuals will have to pay to contest copyright infringement warnings, Government says: “Internet users who risk being blacklisted as illegal file-sharers will have to pay £20 to appeal against warning letters they receive about their…
Government scraps plan to block illegal filesharing websites | guardian.co.uk Business secretary Vince Cable says site blocking is too cumbersome and unworkable, and work is being done on other ways to tackle online copyright infringement…
Vince Cable: government plans to block illegal filesharing sites unworkable Mark Sweney and Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 2 August 2011 14.02 BST Vince Cable, the business secretary, will say on Wednesday that government plans to…
England and Wales: blocking website sets bad international precedent · Article 19 ARTICLE 19: 01 Aug 2011 The High Court’s decision requiring British Telecom to block access to the file-indexing website, Newzbin.com sets a worrying…
BT on site-blocking: Every case will need a court order: “ Pick on our freetards over our cold dead corpse BT’s head of retail Simon Milner came out swinging after the legal setback over web-blocking….
Hollywood Wins Court Case – ISP Ordered to Block NewzBin2: “ While major entertainment corporations are working hard at censoring the internet in the United States through the PROTECT IP Act, it corporate sponsored censorship…
High court forces BT to block file-sharing website | Technology | guardian.co.uk Win for Hollywood studios as UK high court rules BT must block access to Newzbin2 Mark Sweney and Josh Halliday guardian.co.uk, Thursday 28…
European Commission begins legal action against countries that have still to implement telecoms laws: “Most EU countries have two months to explain why they have not yet implemented new telecoms laws, the European Commission has…