London Internet Exchange
Mon, 14 May 2012 14:32:30 +0000
The new Defamation Bill was published last week following an announcement in the Queen’s speech. The Bill contains a number of measures of interest to ISPs, including a single publication rule and new defences for hosting providers and operators of websites with user-generated content. The single publication rule Currently, a claim for defamation can be [...]
Fri, 11 May 2012 14:53:42 +0000
In her annual speech from the throne, The Queen has confirmed reports of a new draft Communications Data Bill which promises to extend the scope of data retention in the UK. My Government intends to bring forward measures to maintain the ability of the law enforcement and intelligence agencies to access vital communications data under [...]
Fri, 11 May 2012 14:51:33 +0000
The new gTLD programme, a controversial ICANN initiative to allow the use of virtually any word or concept as a top-level domain, could result in more than 2000 new top-level domains. ICANN has received 2,091 applications for new gTLDs, and expects to receive up to up to 214 more before the closing date. The proposed [...]
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 14:59:20 +0000
Five major UK ISP have been ordered to block Internet traffic to The Pirate Bay by the High Court today. Mr Justice Arnold made the ruling following his decision in February finding that The Pirate Bay was guilty of direct infringement of copyright itself, and on a massive scale. The five ISPs are Sky, Everything [...]
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:38:27 +0000
One in three new customers choose to activate TalkTalk’s network based parental controls feature, according to a recent statement. TalkTalk introduced the network-based content blocking feature it calls “HomeSafe” in May 2011 with “Active Choice” for new customers – meaning that new customers are forced to make a positive choice whether or not to activate [...]
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:44:18 +0000
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has confirmed that the Digital Economy Act (DEA) will not be implemented until 2014. A DCMS spokesperson said that the delay was caused by the ruling in the BT/TalkTalk judicial review of the Act, which ended in defeat last month. We expect the first warning letters to [...]
Fri, 27 Apr 2012 10:25:36 +0000
The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) has announced that it will vote against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) in the forthcoming ratification vote. In a press release, ALDE group leader Guy Verhofstadt said that ACTA failed to strike the right balance between intellectual property rights and fundamental freedoms. Although we unambiguously support [...]
Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:15:51 +0000
Australian ISP iiNet confirmed its landmark legal victory over the copyright lobby last week, when the Australian High Court unanimously dismissed the movie industry’s final appeal against the ISP. The appellants, a group of 34 film and television studios led by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT), argued that iiNet had authorised copyright infringement [...]
Thu, 19 Apr 2012 13:24:12 +0000
Anti-pornography campaigner and MP for Devizes, Claire Perry, has announced the final report of her Independent Parliamentary Inquiry into Online Child Protection. The report contains few surprises for those familiar with Perry’s views (“Independent Inquiry”, in this context, signifies that Mrs Perry established the group on her own authority, as opposed to it it being [...]
Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:08:27 +0000
The European Parliament Rapporteur for ACTA, David Martin MEP, has recommended that the European Parliament should reject the controversial intellectual property treaty at the forthcoming vote in June. In a press release following a debate organised by the Socialists and Democrats Group (S&D), Martin said: Today’s conference has confirmed my suspicion that ACTA raises more [...]
