UK ISPs With Less Than 400k Users Escape Copyright Crackdown

May 18, 2010 by Digg RSS Search for internet service provider · Comments Off
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Ofcom has told the UK Internet Service Providers Association ( ISPA ) that broadband providers with fewer than 400,000 customers will escape the initial Digital Economy Act (DEA) crackdown on unlawful copyright file sharing (P2P). Mobile Broadband operators are also safe, for now.

UK bill would force ISPs to go full Big Brother

March 17, 2010 by Digg RSS Search for internet service providers · Comments Off
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A bill has been passed by the British House of Lords that, if it becomes law, would require Internet Service Providers to report suspected file sharers and copyright violators to copyright holders as well as the UK's Office of Communications (OFCOM).

ISP Defeats Hollywood Copyright Claims

February 4, 2010 by Digg RSS Search for internet service provider · Comments Off
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A leading Australian internet service provider was cleared of copyright allegations Thursday when a federal judge ruled against Hollywood’s lawsuit that iiNet was responsible for infringing BitTorrent data traveling its pipes.

Fears Australian piracy case could cut web access

January 31, 2010 by Digg RSS Search for internet service provider · Comments Off
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Australian internet rights groups fear a piracy court case could force internet service providers (ISPs) to become "copyright cops" and cut web access to customers who illegally download.

Congress may require ISPs to block fraud sites

November 4, 2009 by Digg RSS Search for internet service provider · Comments Off
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For the last decade or so, Internet service providers have been dealing with requests to block access to pornographic or copyright-infringing Web sites, or in China, ones that