copyright

I've just sent off JANET(UK)'s response to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills consultation on how the costs incurred in implementing the first stage of the Digital Economy Act 2010 will be shared between rightsholders and ISPs. The consultation covers three sets of costs:

The London Internet Exchange (LINX) have written a briefing paper for Ofcom on some of the different models by which Internet access can be provided to everything from houses and businesses to hotel chains and care homes and the issues that these raise for the definitions in the Digital Economy Act 2010.

I've been having a look at what the first stage of the Digital Economy Act 2010 will require of qualifying ISPs and comparing it with what JANET already requires of the universities and colleges that connect to the network. And I can't see that the Act would add anything to our existing measures against copyright infringement, confirming a statement by a Government Minister a couple of months ago.

I was invited to present to the UK Network Operators' Forum today on the implications of the Digital Economy Act for Network Operators. I'd been warned that it was a highly technical audience, so I was pleasantly surprised how many people were already aware of the legislation.