MPs extend deadline for public DRM consultation
News An inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) into the issues surrounding digital rights management (DRM) has extended its deadline for submissions from the public due to popular demand, it claims.
[January 11, 2006, 13:50]
Spam inquiry to focus on international laws
News Wyatt, Labour member of parliament for Sittingbourne and Sheppey, is also joint chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APIG), which will conduct the ensuing inquiry. The APIG is currently calling for interested parties to present written...
[June 16, 2003, 11:20]
MP: British Library must lead the charge on DRM
News Last month APIG held an inquiry into DRM, during which the British Library suggested it could play the role of a trusted intermediary that would have the code required to unlock incompatible or obsolete DRM systems.
[March 14, 2006, 16:25]
MP wins Internet Hero award
News The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG), of which Allan is joint treasurer, recently published the results of its public inquiry into the issue. ISPs worry -- and their concerns were largely confirmed by the APIG report -- that complying...
[February 21, 2003, 8:36]
MPs demand spam protection for businesses
News We believe that the DTI has made a very serious mistake in not prohibiting unsolicited business-to-business email," said APIG in its report. The DTI says that it chose not to protect businesses from spam because it didn't want to inhibit legitimate...
[October 6, 2003, 17:05]
MPs say snooping laws need ring fence
News In a report on its inquiry into data retention, the All-party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) said that government agencies must pay more heed to the spirit than the letter of the law when demanding communications data from ISPs.
[February 3, 2003, 16:41]
Data retention: Who's watching you?
News The scale of the situation was revealed during an inquiry in data retention by the All Party Internet Group (APIG) on Wednesday, when ISPs detailed the requests already flooding in from government agencies who want to look at the small amounts of...
[December 13, 2002, 16:03]
Consumer group calls for DRM safeguards
News APIG's inquiry is wide-ranging, and will examine whether free software licences need legislation changes to be effective, how consumers should be protected when DRM systems are discontinued and what legal sanctions those who circumvent DRM systems...
[January 18, 2006, 13:00]
MPs launch DRM consultation
News The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) is taking a closer look at digital rights management (DRM). APIG is taking on the issue because it believes it's "a big issue for consumers", according to a spokesman, and not just because of the...
[November 15, 2005, 14:30]
ISPs spell out true cost of data retention
News Giving evidence at the All Party Parliamentary Group (APIG) public inquiry on Wednesday, AOL's director of public policy Camille de Stempel, said it would cost about £30m just to set up the systems for AOL alone, and the same again in running costs.
[December 12, 2002, 9:00]
Internet villain nominees revealed
News The only organisation on the Intenet Hero section was the All-Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) for launching its public inquiry into data retention and access laws. The BBC, music publishers and a disparate group of analysts have been...
[December 23, 2002, 8:31]
Scrap data retention plans, say MPs
News In a hard-hitting report, the All-party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG), said the data retention powers, contained in the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security (ATCS) Act, should be scrapped. An all-party parliamentary inquiry has recommended that...
[January 29, 2003, 15:50]
