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Cheat Sheet This was a key recommendation of the All Party Internet Group (Apig) which had talked about the need to take "firm action to deal with those who maliciously attack systems and compromise data". Apig has... [29 Nov 2006]
UK MPs call for digital rights reform
News The UK All Party Internet Group (Apig) has released the results of a consultation into proprietary protections on copyrighted materials such as music and movies and concerns among consumers about what they can and cannot... [05 Jun 2006]
British Library should lead DRM debate, says MP
News The chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (Apig) said on Tuesday that the British Library was well positioned to organise copyright debate as it is an independent, trustworthy institution. [15 Mar 2006]
DRM usage laws needed, MPs told
News In a submission to the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (Apig), which has launched an investigation into DRM, the NCC claimed DRM is already constraining legitimate consumer use of digital content and undermining... [18 Jan 2006]
DRM consultation 'more popular than expected'
News An inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (Apig) into the issues surrounding digital rights management (DRM) has extended its deadline for submissions from the public due to popular demand, it claims. [12 Jan 2006]
Have an opinion on DRM? Do tell...
News The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (Apig) is taking a closer look at digital rights management (DRM). Apig is taking on the issue because it believes it's "a big issue for consumers", according... [15 Nov 2005]
We need UN body to combat cyber crime, says MP
News The answer to the problem is a UN agency, according to Dr Nick Palmer, Labour MP and secretary of the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (Apig). The gaps between the jurisdictions of individual countries are being... [24 Oct 2005]
Hackers should spend more time in prison, say MPs
News The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG), a group of tech-savvy MPs, said it welcomed a Ten Minute Rule Bill presented by MP Tom Harris, calling for amendments to the Computer Misuse Act (CMA). [14 Jul 2005]
MPs seek to block BBC free downloads
News The All Party Internet Group (APIG) may try to block the BBC from giving away its archived material to internet users. Wyatt also said the APIG has elected some new members. Chairman of the party Derek... [27 Jun 2005]
Election results in high-tech power vacuum
News The influential All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) has been left with a power gap following the unseating of North East Milton Keynes MP Brian White in Thursday's general election. Richard Allan, former... [06 May 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.05.05
Round-Up APIG chairman Derek Wyatt meanwhile hung on by just 79 votes to his Sittingbourne constituency - meaning proposed reforms to the Computer Misuse Act will live to fail another day. Richard Allan, perhaps the most... [06 May 2005]
Police: Cybercrime laws not important
News MPs in the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) are pushing for the criminalisation of denial-of-service attacks and the lengthening of the maximum jail sentence hacking crimes from one to two years. [01 Apr 2005]
Get tough on DoS-ers says UK MP
News The UK All Party Internet Group (APIG) is calling on the government to raise the penalties for crimes under the Computer Misuse Act with a motion planned by chairman and Labour MP for Sittingbourne Derek Wyatt. [11 Mar 2005]
UK MPs take spam fight to Washington
News The UK's All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) is travelling to Washington next month to discuss better ways in which the UK and the US can combat the problem of spam. The visit follows a similar trip in 2003. [19 Jan 2005]
Lycos kills off its anti-spam zombies
News Earlier this year, the All Party Internet Group (APIG) recommended that parliament made it an offence to impair access to data as part of an upheaval of the Computer Misuse Act (1990). The controversial attempt to attack... [07 Dec 2004]
