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Internet villain nominees revealed
News The BBC, music publishers and a disparate group of analysts have been included in this year's shortlist for Internet Villain Award, joining regular nominees that include telecoms regulator Oftel and last year's winner the Home Office.
[December 23, 2002, 8:31]
Internet Hero and Villain nominees announced
Blog Villain nominees include: business minister Shriti Vadera, for "excluding a number of ISPs and Rights Holders in agreeing a Memorandum of Understanding that was exclusive and ineffective in progressing relations between the two industries...
[June 19, 2009, 16:37]
HMRC named 'internet villain' of the year
News HM Revenue & Customs was named as "internet villain" of the year by the Internet Services Providers' Association on Friday. The Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA), which represents internet service providers across the UK, holds an...
[March 17, 2008, 10:36]
UK government scoops 'Internet Villain' nominations
News Government departments have monopolised nominations for the Internet Villain award at this year's ISP Awards. The nominations for Internet hero go to Broadband4Britain.com, to the information commissioner Elizabeth France and to Caspar Bowden of...
[January 17, 2002, 16:58]
EC wins internet villain award
News The Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA) has named and shamed the internet hero and villain of the year — the most eagerly anticipated gongs at its annual awards bash. The internet villain of the year was awarded to commissioner Vivianne...
[February 19, 2007, 9:43]
Home Office wins Internet Villain award
News Only the UK government could win the Internet Villain award at ISPCON Europe 2002 because the the "evil axis" of UK government agencies -- to use the organisers' words -- had scooped the nominations. Ironically, it is the delay in the full...
[February 14, 2002, 13:12]
Viviane Reding nominated for internet villain award
News Despite her pioneering work, Viviane Reding, the commissioner for information society and media who has led the European charge to reduce extortionate mobile roaming charges, has been landed with a nomination for Internet Villain of the year.
[January 4, 2007, 15:59]
Europe crowned as Internet Villain
News Europe, scourge of the right wing, tasted the wrath of the traditionally liberal Internet community on Thursday night when it was crowned as the Internet Villain for 2005 at the 7th Annual UK Internet Industry Awards, the ISPAs.
[February 25, 2005, 15:25]
Home Office up for Internet Villain hat-trick
News The Home Office has made it onto the short list for Internet Villain at the ISPAs - the most unwanted award in the Internet industry's calendar. Critics may point out that the department has done little work to deserve another nomination: this year...
[December 23, 2003, 10:45]
Verisign wins Internet Villain award
News VeriSign won the most unwanted award on the IT industry's calendar for 2004, after snapping up Internet Villain at this year's ISPAs. In contrast to Linford's appearance and in what has become something of a tradition at the ISPAs -- broken only...
[February 20, 2004, 7:30]
Sony and the EC vie for Internet Villain award
Talkback DBS = Don't Buy SONY
[December 13, 2005, 17:48]
Sony and the EC vie for Internet Villain award
Talkback gotta be the EU - just put through the TVWF Directive and the Data Retention Directive in two consecutive days; go online environment!
[December 14, 2005, 10:29]
Sony and the EC vie for Internet Villain award
Talkback Definitely the EU. While sony did do a bad thing, they only affected people silly enough to (a) buy music cds from them in the first place and (b) run windows. However, the EU data retention directive affects EVERY EUROPEAN CITIZEN, ALL 450 MILLION...
[December 16, 2005, 11:41]
Sony and the EC vie for Internet Villain award
News The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) and Ofcom were nominated for the Hero category by the ten-person ISPA Council, which has listed Sony BMG and the European Commission in the Villain category.
[December 13, 2005, 16:40]
Internet industry slams villainous data retention
News The UK government walked off with the title of Internet Villain of the year on Thursday night, for pushing for tougher data retention laws in Europe. Previous winners of the Internet Villain award include BT, which picked up the gong in 2001 at a...
[February 24, 2006, 11:05]
Internet 'heroes and villains' vie for ISPA awards
News The Internet Service Providers' Association has published the nomination lists for the "hero and villain" categories at its annual awards. Every year, ISPA praises a "hero" and slams a "villain" at its UK Internet Industry Awards ceremony.
[January 15, 2008, 15:54]
Internet Hero nominee walks off with Villain award
News An official from the Home Office, which is regularly nominated for the Internet Villain, turned up to collect the department's prize. On collecting the Internet Villain award Watkin, who had been nominated for the opposite honour for his work...
[February 21, 2003, 8:03]
BT, Lycos, EU and Vorderman vie for villainy crown
News All five have been shortlisted for the prize of Internet Villain, which will be awarded by the Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) next year. ISPA, though, believes her "uninformed comments on the Internet industry" mean she could soon...
[December 23, 2004, 13:00]
E-commerce needs a new hero
Leader Otherwise, come the 2006 ISPAs he could be in the running for the Internet Villain award. For his troubles, Timms received the coveted Internet Hero award at the ISPAs. But if O'Brien wants a crack at the Internet Hero crown, he needs to raise his...
[February 28, 2005, 11:55]
Ofcom warns on tighter Internet regulation
News Ofcom was not nominated, though Hooper appeared more concerned that Ofcom was not nominated for the Internet Villain Award. The Internet could face tougher regulation unless the industry does a better job of sorting out pressing issues, the deputy...
[February 20, 2004, 7:40]
