file sharers
RSS file sharersFull steam ahead for plans to cut off file-sharers
News Secretary of state for business, innovation and skills Peter Mandelson has reiterated the government's 'three strikes and you're out' plan to cut off illegal file-sharers' internet access. Business... [29 Oct 2009]
'Wi-fi hack makes plan to ban file-sharers unfair'
News ISP TalkTalk has criticised proposals by the government to cut illegal file-sharers' internet access, on the grounds of wi-fi vulnerability to hacking. TalkTalk has criticised government plans to cut off... [19 Oct 2009]
ISPs protest against plans to cut off illegal file-sharers
News Opposition to government proposals to disconnect suspected illegal file-sharers from the internet is making itself felt. File-sharers risk seeing their web access cut... [07 Sep 2009]
File-sharers' internet access could be cut off
News Illegal file-sharers could see their internet connection cut off, under new government proposals outlined today. File-sharers risk seeing their web access cut off Head... [25 Aug 2009]
Critics slam Digital Britain over file-sharers and tax plans
News We need to consider a general fair-use provision to allow sharing for private purposes - not a debate about who should be the one to tell-off file-sharers. He believes neither the copyright owners nor... [18 Jun 2009]
Virgin file-sharers risking suspension
News Virgin Media could start suspending persistent file-sharers on a temporary basis, using information provided to it by the Universal record company. This will involve implementing a range of different... [15 Jun 2009]
IP infringement fines to rise
News The Open Rights Group (ORG), a digital civil-liberties organisation, said that, while the commercial production of pirated works should be penalised, it would be helpful to have a 'fair use' clause built into IP legislation to prevent... [07 May 2009]
Does Pirate Bay verdict spell trouble for Google?
Comment Last week's verdict that the four founders of The Pirate Bay file-sharing website were guilty of helping to make copyright-protected content available to others marked a major milestone in online litigation. [28 Apr 2009]
Cheat sheet: Digital Britain
Cheat Sheet Carter is planning on tackling file-sharers with the blunt object of legislation which will see ISPs have to warn their illegal P2P-using customer about their behaviour and share information on the worst... [21 Apr 2009]
Copyright holders 'smiling' at sinking of Pirate Bay
News The large penalty - $3.6m in damages to be paid to the copyright holders - will likely discourage illegal file sharers, according to those in the music business. The Pirate Party political group - which... [20 Apr 2009]
P2P explodes by 400 per cent - and it's not all illegal
News Peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic is set to skyrocket over the next five years - and the activity won't just be confined to music pirates and file sharers. According to research by market research company... [21 Oct 2008]
Legal Eye: File-sharers under fire
Comment As European governments join the ranks of Hollywood studios and major record labels in ramping up their action against illegal file-sharers, are the results of a common purpose beginning to show? For a... [03 Sep 2008]
iPhone 3G, terrorists and tech, file sharers vs ISP
Comment EU law to end file-sharers time online? And, according to a certain anonymous poster, here at silicon towers we need to get over the iPhone.we think the other comments tell a different story. G iPhone up... [15 Jul 2008]
EU law to end file-sharers time online?
News A set of telecommunications laws has been given the green light by a European parliamentary committee, which includes amendments that some argue could lead to file-sharers being disconnected by their... [09 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'
Comment File-sharers: To ban, or not to ban? Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers The latest in the debate over music downloaders and sharers also got a lots... [17 Apr 2008]
