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RSS isp illegal'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. In a blog post last week, Andrew Heaney, TalkTalk's... [19 Oct 2009]
Critics slam Digital Britain over file-sharers and tax plans
News Nicholas Lansman, the secretary general of the ISP Association, said the group was pleased the government had ruled out introducing legislation to force internet companies to disconnect persistent users of illicit P2P... [18 Jun 2009]
Europe votes for net-neutrality reforms
News The idea of net neutrality, or the equality of services on the internet, has traditionally been seen as an American issue, due to more limited competition in the US ISP market. Sarkozy's bill, which sought to let ISPs... [07 May 2009]
Irish ISP to ban illegal music downloaders
News Irish internet provider Eircom has agreed to disconnect users who download music illegally from the web in a settlement with four major record companies that Irish media said was the first of its kind in the world. [02 Feb 2009]
Legal Eye: File-sharers under fire
Comment In reply, the site advised its users to switch to a system that changed IP addresses to avoid ISP filters and circumvent the ban. Driven by the huge growth in the number of homes with internet access, research shows that... [03 Sep 2008]
ISPs face fresh threat from file-sharing laws
News Virgin Media recently became the first ISP to voluntarily address the problem of file sharing by agreeing to send out letters to households where music is being illegally downloaded or shared. Malcolm Wicks, business,... [18 Jun 2008]
Europe: Don't ban internet file-sharers
News A spokesperson for the UK ISP Association was not available for comment at the time of writing. People should not be criminalised for the file-sharing of copyrighted material if they are not profiting from doing so, the... [14 Apr 2008]
Phorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods
News The company behind an ISP-based web advertising user-tracking system has denied claims what it is doing is illegal. Intercepting traffic for spam-filtering purposes or for blocking denial-of-service... [11 Apr 2008]
ISPs: 'Don't blame us for illegal activity'
News Last week a Belgian court ruled that the ISP Scarlet - formerly Tiscali - had the technology available to it to block or filter copyright-infringing material being sent over its network via peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic,... [12 Jul 2007]
Browser taps into web privacy fears
News Ahmed denied Browzar could be used to conceal illegal web-based activities, as information on users' searches is still accessible via the ISP. Ahmed founded the Freeserve ISP in the late... [31 Aug 2006]
Tech group appeals ISP wiretapping diktat
News Calea established a then-radical legal principle: it would be illegal to provide telephone service to the public unless wiretapping hubs were built in for police convenience. A coalition of civil liberties groups and... [24 Jul 2006]
ISPs renounce music tariffs
News Although such files may be transmitted across an ISP's network, ISPs are 'mere conduits' of information, as per the E-Commerce Regulations 2002. Internet companies have slammed calls for a tariff that would mean they... [14 Jul 2006]
US heading for online data retention law?
News Gonzales and FBI director Robert Mueller privately met with representatives of AOL, Comcast, Google, Microsoft and Verizon last week and said that ISP - and perhaps search engines - must retain data for two years to help... [31 May 2006]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Freedom
Comment Compiled at the Clarion Hotel, Stockholm, and despatched from Arlanda Airport via one of many public wi-fi services available, one of which was partnered with my UK ISP So far the flow of perceived dissident blogs,... [15 May 2006]
Students in hot water for file sharing
News Earlier this month, a court in Philadelphia ruled that the RIAA could issue subpoenas for the identities of anonymous file-swappers, but those people must be notified by their ISP of the RIAA's action within seven days. [29 Oct 2004]
