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Universities can lead the digital charge | David Docherty
Comment is free | guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 163
The challenges of a global, digital future have not gone away while we argue about filesharing – Britain risks falling behind As the digital economy bill grinds through the Lords this week, its provoking fascinating debates about the very nature of that economy, the balance between privacy and piracy, digital ...9 hours ago -
LDVideo … Mandy, Clegg and Coulson
Liberal Democrat Voice —
Authority: 477
Welcome to the latest LDVideo instalment, featuring three of the most memorable video clips doing the rounds on the blogosphere. First up, is a rather catchy little email ditty in honour of Lord Mandelson’s implausible-but-deadly-serious Digital Econmy Bill, courtesy of Dan Bull : As Dan would wish me to add: If ...12 hours ago -
Government’s 2Mbps USC Broadband Likely to Miss Norfolk
Cheap Broadband Internet —
Authority: 137
A warning has been sounded by Peter McCarthy Ward, BT ’s director for their East of England operations that the commitment of the government to provide a broadband connection of minimum 2Mbps speeds to every household in the United Kingdom by the year 2012, could go begging for Norfolk. This broadband ...17 hours ago -
Carphone chief condemns plans to combat online piracy as crazy
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 987
• The group has increased half-year profits to £75m, from £40m • Demerger to create two separate stock exchange listed firms Carphone Warehouse boss Charles Dunstone condemned as "crazy" government plans to combat online piracy by severing peoples broadband connections . The mobile phone retailer and ...1 day ago -
Pub fined £8,000 for customers illicit downloads, ZDNet reports
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 987
A pub owner has had to pay £8,000 after someone used its open wireless hotspot to download copyrighted material unlawfully, says the managing director of the hotspot provider The Cloud A pub owner has had to pay £8,000 after someone used its open wireless hotspot to download copyrighted material unlawfully, says ...1 day ago -
dear mandy
bookfutures —
Authority: 119
three raps and youre out bookfutures1 day ago -
Behind the music: What the digital economy bill means for internet users
Music: Music blog | guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 133
The recently introduced legislation will force internet service providers to become online police, obliging them to provide lists of offenders to copyright owners As expected, the publication of the digital economy bill last Friday caused a stir, not least here at the Guardian . Much of the focus was on the ...1 day ago -
Government plans for US-style IT openness - by 2020
Tony Collins's IT Projects Blog —
Authority: 419
A government IT strategy to be launched next month promises moretransparency on major projects, according to a draft copy seenby UKauthority.com . "By 2020, we will follow the lead of the Office ofManagement and Budget and public sector CIO community in the USA bypublicising the objectives and progress of our major ...1 day ago -
Peter Mandelson and the Digital economy Bill-the musical
Thoughts of Nigel —
Authority: 512
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Times claims broadband costs could treble
Thoughts of Nigel —
Authority: 512
This mornings Times reports that it has seen a leaked memo which suggests that two million homes will pay more than three times the broadband levy initially proposed. The plans, drawn up by Revenue & Customs, show that ministers will tax households with more than one phone line — of which there are more than ...2 days ago -
Digital Economy Bill: radio industry reaction
Grant Goddard : radio blog —
Authority: 487
The Digital Economy Bill was published by the government last Friday. Press headlines about the radio provisions in the Bill included: Media Week : “Radio Bill creates deep divisions among industry” Radio Today : “Digital Bill inflames industry” The Telegraph : “Digital Economy Bill: no date for ...2 days ago -
Next Gen Broadband to Spread from Cities: Tories
Cheap Broadband Internet —
Authority: 137
The Conservative party has put forward its views regarding the much discussed rollout of the next generation fibre optic broadband rollout in the United Kingdom. Jeremy Hunt, the MP that spoke on behalf of the party said that his party, if wins the upcoming general election, would favour the cities as the primary ...3 days ago -
Proposed Broadband Tax Flayed by FSB
Cheap Broadband Internet —
Authority: 137
The FSB (Federation of Small Businesses), a prominent lobby group has put forward bitter criticism against the 50 pence a month internet broadband tax proposal on all fixed-phone lines in the United Kingdom, by the Labour government supposedly to fund the rollout of a next generation superfast fibre broadband ...3 days ago -
TalkTalk Talk to the Mandelson Part 2
Broadband Finder Blog —
Authority: 122
The gloves are now off. Andrew Heaney of TalkTalk has posted a petition at petitions.number10.gov.uk, calling for an urgent reconsideration of the so-called ‘Pirate Finder General’ legislation proposed by current Secretary of State Peter Mandelson. The petition reads: We the undersigned petition the Prime ...5 days ago -
It’s not just about the money
Chris Swan's Weblog —
Authority: 104
Hopefully we’re seeing the beginning of the end rather than the end of the beginning as media companies align themselves with incumbent politics to suppress the new freedoms of the Internet in order to maintain their outdated business models. Locally we have the Digital Economy bill , full of dreadful stuff that ...5 days ago -
Was the Digital Economy Bill Consultation a Whitewash?
TorrentFreak —
Authority: 733
Last week, details finally emerged concerning the Digital Economy Bill. In a nutshell, the bill aims to turn elements of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report into law. Internet users will face being monitored by the music and movie industries, and their ISPs forced to pass on infringement notices based on rights ...5 days ago -
Was the Digital Economy Bill Consultation a Whitewash?
ShareConnector —
Authority: 161
Last week, details finally emerged concerning the Digital Economy Bill. In a nutshell, the bill aims to turn elements of Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report into law. Internet users will face being monitored by the music and movie industries, and their ISPs forced to pass on infringement notices based on rights ...5 days ago -
Digital economy bill: A punishing future
Comment is free | guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 163
The digital economy bill is misnamed. A more honest title for the legislation, recently introduced in the Lords , would be the copyright protection and punishment bill. It is less about creating the digital businesses of the 21st century than protecting the particular 20th century business models used in music and ...5 days ago -
Ben Bradshaw takes the gloves off
The Guardian - guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 987
On the eve of the bill determining Britains digital future, Ben Bradshaw attacks the Tory leaders pact with the Murdochs and defends the BBC, if not its Trust, from its circling enemies. He speaks to James Robinson After years of debate, two weighty reports and endless agonising over BBC funding, the future of ...5 days ago -
Call it by its name – this is theft
Media: Organ Grinder | guardian.co.uk —
Authority: 131
The Digital Economy bill must pass safely or the creative industries will start to die Part of the strength of the British economy recently has been its ability to adapt as the world, and what consumers expect, have changed. Its flexibility, resilience and mixed nature should stand us in good stead as we, and the ...5 days ago
