Copyright

Pirate Bay Founders Lose Court Appeal

The three founders of the file sharing website Pirate Bay have lost their appeal and face an increased fine

13 years ago

European Parliament Adopts Pro-ACTA Resolution

MEPs have voted in favour of the controversial ACTA agreement, paving the way to its final adoption

13 years ago

Final Text Of ACTA Released

Negotiators have published a finished text of the controversial treaty, after ironing out final details

14 years ago

Operation Payback Hackers Hit UK Government Site

The UK's Intellectual Property Office is currently offline, after being hit by the Operation Payback campaign

14 years ago

Negotiators Publish Near-Final ACTA Draft

The draft intellectual property rights treaty ACTA has been criticised for subverting democratic processes

14 years ago

ACTA Moves Closer To Final Draft

The controversial international copyright agreement has made it through another round of negotiations

14 years ago

European Parliament Calls For EU-Wide Copyright Law

As if the UK Copyright Act was not controverisal enough, now the European Parliament is calling for a wide ranging…

14 years ago

Intel Admits Theft Of Copy Protection Protocol

The compromise means that Intel's HDCP protocol can no longer guarantee the protection of digital content

14 years ago

UK Copyright Act Could Put Up Broadband Costs

Home broadband could cost more - as ISPs pass on the cost of the Digital Economy Act

14 years ago

File-Share Solicitor To Face Tribunal Over ‘Bullying’

Andrew Crossley, who sent hundreds of letters to alleged file-sharers, will answer to accusations of bullying

14 years ago

Lawmakers Fail To Rule Against iPhone Jailbreaking

The U.S. Copyright Office and the Library Congress gave the OK to iPhone jailbreaking, ruling against Apple

14 years ago

Rights Group Opposes ACTA Proceedings

French advocacy group La Quadrature du Net is asking people to sign an open letter, opposing the proposed terms of…

14 years ago

Ofcom Makes ‘Three Strikes’ Rules For Digital Economy Act

Ofcom has drafted a proposal for tackling illegal file-sharing and copyright infringement, in accordance with the Digital Economy Act

14 years ago

Ed Vaizey Made Digital Minister

The Government has been criticised for appointing Ed Vaizey Minister for Digital Britain - but not in the Department for…

14 years ago

Ofcom Lets Small ISPs Off Filesharing Laws

Ofcom plans to exempt small ISPs from the Digital Economy Act's anti file-sharing measures

14 years ago

Viacom Hits Out At Google In Copyright Case

Viacom claims Google's YouTube prove the video-sharing site tried to make money from copyright infringement

14 years ago

Digital Economy Bill Gets Second Commons Reading

A handful of MPs debated the controversial Digital Economy Bill, which the government intends to force through before the end…

14 years ago

Government Puts Copyright Clause Back Into Digital Bill

The government plans to reverse the changes made by the House of Lords to the Digital Economy Bill, and rush…

14 years ago

Digital Bill Protesters Plan April Fool Flashmob

Moves to push the Digital Economy Bill through parliament make a joke of democracy, says Open Rights Group

14 years ago

UK Pirate Party Calls For Legalised File-Sharing

On Budget day, with the Digital Economy Bill still before Parliament, the UK Pirate Party's election manifesto demands new copyright…

14 years ago