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6 June 2012 at 9:43am

Copyright Enforcement - Details next Friday

Andrew Cormack
Digital Economy Act
copyright
copyright infringement notices
The Queen's Speech today did, as expected, include a Digital Economy Bill, including powers to improve the enforcement of copyright law on line. However the draft bill isn't going to be published till Friday. The BBC report suggests that the approach will be similar to that of the Ministerial Statement in August.
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6 June 2012 at 9:39am

Copyright Enforcement - Mixed Messages

Andrew Cormack
Digital Economy Act
Role of ISPs
copyright
It has been a busy week for statements about enforcing on-line copyright, though no clear direction has yet emerged.
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13 August 2012 at 11:07am

apComms - Regulating the Internet

Andrew Cormack
Privacy
Role of ISPs
copyright
internet filtering
IWF
The all-party parliamentary communications group (apComms) have published the results of their enquiry into various aspects of internet security - entitled "Can we keep our hands off the net?" - to which JANET provided written evidence earlier in the summer.
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6 June 2012 at 9:31am

Legislative Options for Illicit Peer-to-Peer Filesharing

Andrew Cormack
Digital Economy Act
Role of ISPs
copyright
Over the summer the government has carried out the latest in a series of consultations on what to do about sharing of copyright files on peer-to-peer networks. Under the current law, sharing copyright files without permission is a civil offence and rights-holders can sue those who do it. However the criminal offence of copyright breach only occurs when copyright is broken either as part of a business (e.g. selling bootleg DVDs) or in sufficient quantity to affect the business of the rights-holder.
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