UK Music Biz Backs Govt. On Suspending Pirates’ Internet
The music business is backing Peter Mandelson’s proposal that some illegal downloaders should have their ISP accounts suspended.
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Ministers And Music Chiefs Mingle In Brighton
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UK Music CEO Feargal Sharkey wrote to Department for Business, Innovation & Skill minister Peter Mandelson last Thursday, “offering… Read more »
Artists End War Of Words But No Consenus On P2P
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UK artists and musicians have put aside their differences to broadly back the government’s revised anti-piracy plans to use tougher technica… Read more »
Interview: Peter Bazalgette On Why Cash Is King In The Web Economy
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He became famous as the man who brought Big Brother and Deal or No Deal to British TV screens but now Peter Bazalgette is quickly becoming b… Read more »
£6 Broadband Levy To Be Law Before Election, Minister Says
By Richard Wray: The government is pressing ahead with plans to introduce its controversial £6-a-year broadband levy before the election, d… Read more »
Musicians Divided Over Suspending Illegal Freeloaders
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If the Featured Artists Coalition thought it represented all musicians’ views on intellectual property policy and digital distribution, it c… Read more »
Music Biz Considers Backing For ISP Account Suspensions
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In response to the government’s recent proposed Digital Britain amendments, the UK music business has issued a holding statement that some m… Read more »
Lily Allen: Radiohead Wrong To Oppose Govt.'s P2P Clampdown
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For every musician that thinks file-sharing builds their cred, there’s another for whom it robs their livelihood, it seems. Lily Allen has u… Read more »
IP Minister Defends P2P Disconnection Plans As Artists Attack
Intellectual property minister David Lammy has defended the government’s recently revised, tougher plans to disconnect the most persistent i… Read more »
ISPs Oppose Mandelson's Copyright Disconnection Plan
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The government’s revised, tougher plans to tackle online piracy have been dismissed as “grossly unfair” and “misconceived” by the leaders of… Read more »
Big Media Get Their Way: Govt. Now Wants Quicker Piracy Action, Disconnection
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Despite Lord Carter’s 10-month Digital Britain review deciding to ease piracy with soft ISP measures if a system of warning letters doesn’t… Read more »
Digital Britain: Concern A Tory Govt. Could Halt Carter’s Progress
Two weeks after Digital Britain’s wide-ranging pledges, a Westminster Media Forum debate on Thursday morning frizzled with nervous consensus… Read more »
Updated: PA Pitches For Public Funding, Promises Free Court Reporting
The Press Association is making a play for funds that could replace ITV’s public service media role, saying it and will give away free wire… Read more »
BBC Director General: BBC Can Stimulate Online Economy, Not Kill It
The BBC’s director-general Mark Thompson says there is “no evidence” the corporation is stifling commercial publishers’ efforts to monetise… Read more »
Tweet Of The Week: @LSpurdle On Digital Britain
When we gave Lord Carter’s mammoth Digital Britain report a qualified thumb up, we went against the crowd. Much of the online reaction was r… Read more »
Where Next For Lord Carter? Some Suggestions…
Lord Carter of Barnes has unleashed his Digital Britain paper on the world, but the media exec formerly known as Stephen is standing down as… Read more »
Digital Britain Prompts Assessment Of TV Streaming Rules
Buried in the 245-page Digital Britain report (page 118), we found a little-mentioned section that may worry online services which re-transm… Read more »
Digital Britain Scorecard: So How Did Lord Carter Do?
January’s interim Digital Britain report fell flat, like jelly on lino, because it lacked detail and certainty. We joined the criticism – bu… Read more »
Digital Britain Reax: Some Sense Opportunity, Others An Opportunity Missed
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You can’t please all of the people all of the time – sure enough, Lord Carter’s Digital Britain report is drawing a mixed response, if one s… Read more »
Digital Britain Key Points: High-Speed Fund, No Three Strikes, No Newspaper Consolidation
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Communication minister Lord Carter’s final Digital Britain report wants to fund nationwide low-speed broadband and new multimedia news conso… Read more »
