Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Digital economy act

  • LONDON -- The High Court has endorsed Britains new copyright rules, siding with the music industry over Internet providers in a battle over online filesharing.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • The government has been given the green light to implement the Digital Economy Act after the final legal challenge by two internet service providers was thrown out at the court of appeal.
  • (The Guardian)
  • The provision to deny web users internet access if they were suspected of file-sharing was one of the most controversial aspects of the legislation when it was first passed in 2010.
  • (Metro.co.uk)
  • ISPs BT and Talk Talk had argued Britains Digital Economy Act was incompatible with EU law, the BBC reported Tuesday.
  • (United Press International)
  • The Digital Economy Act — similar to rules already in place in France and Ireland — forces Internet service providers to send an escalating series of warnings to users suspected of illegally swapping movies and music.
  • (New Haven Register)
  • Internet service providers BT and TalkTalk have lost their appeal against the UK's Digital Economy Act. The ISPs had argued that the legislation was incompatible with EU law, but this morning the Court of Appeal decided otherwise and dismissed their appeal.
  • (TorrentFreak)
  • Unfortunately, their attempts have actually been successful more often than not. One such law is the UK Digital Economy Act, which was rushed through Parliament with little discussion while the country was focused on other matters.
  • (Softpedia)
  • The tough new regime, which is included in the Digital Economy Act, was upheld by the Court of Appeal today after judges threw out a legal challenge.
  • (Daily Mail)
  • Since then, the implementation of the Digital Economy Act has moved forward relatively slowly. Thats partly because there have been a series of legal challenges from ISPs concerned about its legality (and likely cost for them).
  • (Tech Dirt)
  • TalkTalk and BT have lost their appeal over anti-piracy measures in the Digital Economy Act.
  • (PC Pro)

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