Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw is reported to have announced that the Government has ‘watered down’ its filesharing proposals. “Rights holders will have to obtain a court order before punishing persistent offenders by reducing or cutting off their internet connections,” he told the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee on Tuesday. Great. A victory [...]
New campaign launched against Mandelson filesharing plans
About seven million* homes and small businesses are vulnerable to Wi-Fi hijacking and so at risk of being wrongly disconnected from the Internet according to a new study into broadband security released today.
The study coincides with today’s launch of a campaign against Lord Mandelson’s plans to disconnect people [...]
A court order will be needed in order to punish alleged file-sharers.
Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw revealed today that controversial measures to tackle illegal file-sharing will be watered down following fierce opposition.
He told the House of Commons culture, media and sport committee that rights holders will have to obtain a court order before punishing persistent offenders [...]
Only 16% are in favour of bans for accused file-sharers.
After TalkTalk’s attack on the government’s plans to cut off illegal file sharers last week, a YouGov poll has shown the overwhelming majority of the public are against a “guilty-until-proven-innocent” stance.
The poll showed that 70% of respondents don’t support the plans to disconnect those suspected of [...]
Shakira, Norah Jones and Nelly Furtado don’t share Lily Allen’s concerns over file-sharing.
Some of the world’s top female singers have told Sky News they disagreee with Lily Allen’s call to crack down on illegal file-sharers.
Shakira, Norah Jones and Nelly Furtado have added their weight to the ongoing crisis in the music industry about whether or [...]
Peter Mandelson fights back in the filesharing debate.
Lord Mandelson will try to quell the furore over his proposals to disconnect online pirates tomorrow as some of the biggest names in music assemble at an emergency meeting to hammer out a joint position on filesharing.
With a government consultation deadline on the issue less than a week [...]
The Guardian reports that the majority of the public believes those suspected of illegal downloading should have a right to trial in court before restrictions are imposed, according to YouGov figures.
Plans to force internet service providers (ISPs) to disconnect suspected illegal downloaders have been roundly rejected in a new YouGov poll, the first time public [...]
Stanmore experiment exposes extent of problem
Millions of innocent broadband customers could be in danger of being caught out by Lord Mandelson’s ill-conceived proposals to curb internet piracy according to TalkTalk, the UK’s largest broadband provider to homes.
To demonstrate the point, an internet security expert from TalkTalk today visited The Highway, a residential road in [...]
TalkTalk security expert Matt Roxburgh demonstrates the problem of filesharing wi-fi theft to Rory Cellan-Jones.
UK ISP TalkTalk has staged a wireless stunt, aimed at illustrating why it thinks Lord Mandelson’s plans to disconnect filesharers is “naive”.
TalkTalk has long been an outspoken critic of government plans to cut off persistent file-sharers.
The stunt demonstrates how innocent people [...]
The October report ‘Can we keep our hands off the net?’ from the All Party Parliamentary Communications Group answers five key questions.
Happily, on the subject of illegal P2P file sharing legislation, it’s refreshing to see that not all government ministers are totally bonkers and have in this instance taken a stand against the ridiculous idea [...]
