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Even the BSA attacking Mandy over P2P crackdown
Blog Peter Mandelson's proposals for cutting off file-sharers have kicked up an almighty ruckus. Technical and legal experts, as well and ISPs and the Open Rights Group, are lining up to give the business/first secretary a drubbing.
[August 25, 2009, 17:16]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News At it, the DTI announced the Millennium Bug And Electronic Commerce Bill, to come in ASAP (and you can bet Mandelson's last pair of Lycra cycling shorts it'll be here before the FoI). There was a conference today, called the International Commerce...
[October 24, 1998, 11:31]
Gov't confusion over national 2Mbps commitment
Blog At a Parliament and Internet conference held in London on Thursday, the head of broadband policy for Lord Mandelson's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) said the government had "never said there will be 2Mbps [provided to UK...
[October 15, 2009, 16:07]
Blair joins campaign to beat Millennium bug
News Headed by OFTEL boss Don Cruickshank and not Peter Mandelson, flag bearer of that other Millennium project, The Millennium Bug Campaign has produced a booklet to help raise awareness of the Year 2000 problem among businesses of all sizes.
[January 23, 1998, 11:42]
Dixons invites pricing investigation
News On Sunday, Peter Mandelson secretary of state for Trade and Industry told the Mail on Sunday that he will write to John Bridgeman, director-general of the Office of Fair Trading, expressing concern about Dixons' computer prices.
[November 24, 1998, 9:16]
Bradshaw: Courts must OK P2P disconnections
News The secretary of state was, at the time, being quizzed by backbencher Tom Watson over proposals made in August by Lord Mandelson's Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS). Internet users who are suspected of unlawful file-sharing will...
[October 22, 2009, 17:15]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog The sponsoring minister has been sacked, and more control over it has been handed to Straw and Mandelson, who both despise the idea. Rather nervously, I open it. It turns out to be from Tony Blair. Or rather, the 10 Downing Street site, which I was...
[August 8, 1998, 8:05]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
News The sponsoring minister has been sacked, and more control over it has been handed to Straw and Mandelson, who both despise the idea. Rather nervously, I open it. It turns out to be from Tony Blair. Or rather, the 10 Downing Street site, which I was...
[August 8, 1998, 7:05]
Couple of things...
Talkback If you read the final report, it does talk about browser suspension and bandwidth capping, and that's not a hop, skip and a jump away from what Lord Mandelson is talking about. "elected authority" Once being elected doesn't mean you can do what the...
[October 8, 2009, 17:50]
Another Nightmare...
Talkback And don't even get me started on Mandelson's after dinner politics. This country is getting like the USSR was in the 60's/70's. Everyone being watched, freedoms curbed, no freedom of speech, high taxes - Big Brother is watching.
[August 26, 2009, 9:57]
Civil rights groups urge Acta transparency
Blog The drafting and negotiations that surround the treaty date back to Lord Mandelson's tenure as EU trade commissioner. A top-secret international copyright treaty should be made transparent, and its disconnection and content filtering provisions...
[December 10, 2009, 11:25]
UK digital media industry lags behind US
News Although Blair and Mandelson are both fans of new technology, the report found there are still many barriers to overcome and called on the government to play a role in this, both in terms of investment and training.
[November 5, 1998, 16:06]
Mobile industry awaits roaming verdict
News Reports in the Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal suggested that Reding's opponents — specifically trade commissioner Peter Mandelson and industry commissioner Guenter Verheugen — have won a victory over the contentious issue of forcing...
[July 11, 2006, 12:35]
Chancellor boosts UK IT industry hopes
News Peter Mandelson, Trade and Industry Secretary hopes the regional development agencies due to start up in April next year will encourage IT firms in their areas -- but environmental groups are less enthusiastic.
[November 4, 1998, 16:40]
EU seeks overhaul of global IT trade pact
News The ITA remains a milestone duty-free agreement," said EU trade commissioner Peter Mandelson. The European Commission has proposed a revision of the Information Technology Agreement, a trade pact that for the past decade has helped keep down prices...
[September 16, 2008, 17:27]
EU consumer groups, ISPs plead for net neutrality
News The amendment would make it impossible for governments to force ISPs to disconnect people from the internet for unlawfully sharing copyrighted material — an approach promoted by the French government's Hadopi law and also put forward in August by...
[October 20, 2009, 14:16]
Digital Economy Bill: Industry disputes gov't claims
News The bill would allow the business secretary, Lord Mandelson, to appoint anyone he "thinks appropriate" to take over the property and affairs of a UK-based internet domain registry. ISPs have strongly disagreed with government claims that they back...
[November 20, 2009, 16:06]
UK Tech Week: Roche says size doesn't matter in digital age
News And Peter Mandelson, our new Secretary of State, has already set the goal for ensuring that by the end of this Parliament the UK is leading the demand for digital technology by both business and individuals.
[October 8, 1998, 12:21]
Jane Wakefield: Will technology catch election fever?
News Who knows it may even be an opportunity to resurrect the prince of darkness himself -- Peter Mandelson. It is that time of year again, when sleepy commuters emerge from their dark offices to eat their sandwiches in the sun and Tony Blair hopes the...
[May 15, 2001, 8:44]
Digital Economy Bill gets tough on file-sharers
News Another provision in the bill is the granting to the business secretary, Lord Mandelson, of the power to amend the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988, "for the purpose of preventing or reducing online copyright infringement".
[November 20, 2009, 9:38]
