Peter Mandelson (5 articles)
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Guide to fighting a filesharing accusation released
Consumer group puts together e-book of advice for the falsely accused 14 January 2010 16:33 GMT TweetBack in November, Pocket-lint reported the news that law firm ACS:Law was planning to send out 15,000 letters to households that it suspected were sharing copyrighted material on the Web.
That campaign has just started to kick in, with letters...
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UK Gov backtracks on Digital Economy bill
But BPI proposes DMCA-like injunctions 13 January 2010 12:42 GMT TweetShenanigans are afoot in the House Of Lords, as Parliament scrutinizes Peter Mandelson's Digital Economy bill, which Peter Mandelson is desperately trying to push through before the general election looms.
The government has backtracked on...
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Google, Yahoo, eBay and Facebook confront UK Government
Mandelson under attack over proposed Digital Economy bill 2 December 2009 15:25 GMT TweetGoogle, Facebook, Yahoo and eBay have launched a blistering attack on Lord Mandelson, expressing "grave concerns" about his plans to change copyright laws in the recently-proposed Digital Economy bill.
The four companies have strongly objected...
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Mininova shuts down all illegal torrents
Goes legitimate following Dutch court ruling 27 November 2009 9:58 GMT TweetMininova, one of the bigger Bittorrent filesharing sites on the Web, has shut down every single "infringing" torrent in its index and pledged to go legitimate. All torrents have been removed, except the ones that were uploaded through its content distribution...
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Mandelson delivers on three-strikes warning
But will it make pirates pay, or drive them underground? 29 October 2009 12:07 GMT TweetPeter Mandelson has, as expected, delivered an assault on filesharers at the C&binet Forum. He has laid out his intentions to submit legislation to parliament that would cut persistent file sharers off the web entirely, after a couple of warnings.
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