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Cheat Sheet: The Computer Misuse Act

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 claimed "publicity about the new offence will...

Tags: cma

[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 do with the digital media...

Tags: drm, cd, apple

[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.

Tags: british library, wyatt, apig, drm

[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 consumers existing rights...

Tags: ncc, apig, drm

[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.

Tags: apig, drm

[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 to a spokesman, and not just because of the...

Tags: apig, drm

[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 exploited by international...

Tags: cyber crime

[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

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 Wyatt, MP, said he is concerned the television...

Tags: apig, bbc

[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 Liberal Democrat MP for Sheffield...

Tags: election, apig

[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 tech-savvy MP to date, had already...

[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.

Tags: computer misuse act, cma, nhtcu

[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.

Tags: derek, wyatt, apig, dod

[11 Mar 2005]

UK MPs take spam fight to Washington

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.

Tags: wyatt, linford, spamhaus, spam

[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 spammers by bombarding...

Tags: denial of service, lycos

[07 Dec 2004]

MPs call for better web access

News The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) is examining what the government needs to do to improve access for people with disabilities such as deafness and blindness so they may be included in the online world.

Tags: wyatt, disabled, apig

[19 Nov 2004]

Leader: Spam sufferers - show some more patience

Leader We knew that last year when the All Party Internet Group (APIG) released the findings of its Spam Summit and resulting recommendations. The latest attempt to out-legislate the spammers was launched in London today with pleas to the media to bite...

Tags: spam, oft, ftc, dti

[11 Oct 2004]

UK MPs urge cybercrime revisions and tougher sentences

News Richard Allan MP, joint vice-chairman of APIG said: "If we are to promote increased use of the internet, then we must ensure it is a safe environment for everyone to use. Derek Wyatt MP, chairman of APIG, admitted an updating of the current 14-year...

Tags: hackers, cyber crime, apig

[30 Jun 2004]

Government should step in to stop phishers

Government should step in to stop phishers

News Richard Allan, LibDem MP and joint vice-chairman of APIG (All Party Internet Group), told silicon.com that more prosecutions, not legislation, would help fend off the attacks. Consumers would have an easier time dodging the growing number of...

[28 May 2004]

Cyber crime fight is under resourced

News Last Thursday, APIG, which attempts to bridge the gap between the technology industry and MPs, held the first of three hearings at the House of Commons to discuss how well the 14-year-old Computer Misuse Act (CMA) has stood the test of time.

[06 May 2004]

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