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Sky set to launch cap-free fibre broadband

From Friday, people can sign up for an internet-and-phone package with top download speeds of 40Mbps and unmetered usage, providing they live within range of Sky's fibre broadband service Read more

12 April, 2012 by Ben Woods

Oracle loses bid to throw out Google's 'fair use' defence

...the trial judge William Alsup has denied a motion by Oracle that fair use cannot be claimed in this case. The ruling means that Google... Read more

10 May, 2012 by Rachel King

BT to lift limits on 'unlimited' broadband

...it has been describing as 'unlimited' even though they carried a 300GB 'fair use' cap. Photo credit: ell brown on Flickr The move on Wednesday... Read more

10 March, 2011 by David Meyer

Android doesn't violate Oracle's Java patents, jury decides

Google wins its argument that Android's use of Java APIs did not infringe on Oracle's intellectual property in the second and final jury phase of its long-running patent dispute Read more

24 May, 2012 by Josh Lowensohn

T-Mobile gives customers less mobile data

...will halve the amount of data contract customers will get under its fair-use cap for mobile internet. In a note that went up on... Read more

10 January, 2011 by David Meyer

3 moves to truly unlimited mobile data

...previously been relegated to the small print of customers' contracts in a 'fair use' clause. Those going over the cap would pay 10p per megabyte... Read more

15 December, 2010 by David Meyer

T-Mobile data cap cut faces consumer group attack

...The consumer association Which? has criticised T-Mobile's reduction in its fair-use limit for smartphone data usage, pointing out that the move may... Read more

11 January, 2011 by David Meyer

Google infringed on Oracle copyright, jury finds

...Google's implementation of the Java APIs in Android fell under the 'fair use' exception to copyright. Unless Google prevails in its call for a... Read more

8 May, 2012 by David Meyer

O2 to launch free Wi-Fi hotspot network

...and outdoor areas, will provide up to 24Mbps broadband connections with a fair use policy of 10GB per user per month across the network of... Read more

26 January, 2011 by Ben Woods

T-Mobile: We intercepted secure email from phones

The mobile operator has acknowledged it intercepted 3G secure email traffic from its customers between September and early January, but said this was a mistake Read more

12 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Pirate party claims success in Euro-Green policy

...to Pirate Party founder Rick Falkvinge. The Green Party group argued for fair use in a position paper (PDF) on copyright, Falkvinge said in a... Read more

7 October, 2011

T-Mobile offering 'truly unlimited' data plan

...1GB to 500MB — for contract customers under the terms of its fair-use policy Read more

29 June, 2011

Hyperlinked-headline case heads back to court

...copyright policy legal forum in London that the UK's lack of fair use was a problem, whereas the company has no such issues in... Read more

14 June, 2011

Three UK chief executive Russell heads back to Oz

...first in the country to offer truly unlimited mobile data, with no fair-use cap. "Kevin has put a tremendous amount of energy into putting... Read more

3 June, 2011

UK must modernise copyright laws, report urges

The government-commissioned Hargreaves review has been published, calling for copyright exemptions for private copies and parodies, and urging resistance against patents for software and business processes Read more

18 May, 2011 by David Meyer

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