Internet 'heroes and villains' vie for ISPA awards
News Every year, ISPA praises a "hero" and slams a "villain" at its UK Internet Industry Awards ceremony. CN is the new fibre-based spine of the UK's internet connectivity, currently being rolled out to replace the old copper-based infrastructure, and...
[January 15, 2008, 15:54]
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]
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. ISPA said: "Annie Mullins received the award for her work with the Home...
[February 19, 2007, 9:43]
Internet villain nominees revealed
News Telecommunications analysts were included for what ISPA called "their substantial contribution to the meltdown in the telecommunications and Internet sector", and the RIAA for supporting "right to hack" proposals in the US and other "unworkable...
[December 23, 2002, 8:31]
Viviane Reding nominated for internet villain award
News But the ISPA Council, which drew up the shortlist, was unimpressed by her work, and nominated her for the Internet Villain award, saying she overcomplicated the registration process for the .eu domain.
[January 4, 2007, 15:59]
Internet industry slams villainous data retention
News ISPA also awarded the title of the Internet Hero of the Year to the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG). The award was presented at the ISPAs, the annual awards evening organised by the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA).
[February 24, 2006, 11:05]
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 Stephen Timms, former e-commerce Minister and closet tech geek, left his post in the DTI five months ago, but it was still heartening to see him remembered and recognised at the ISPA awards on Thursday night for injecting some tech nous into this...
[February 28, 2005, 11:55]
Faster than speeding spam - 2004's Internet Hero
News This year's nominees for the ISPA Internet Hero award illustrate the importance that spam, laws and a bit of enthusiasm play in the Internet industry. Announcing the nominations, ISPA said Timms was nominated for "for the enthusiasm he demonstrates...
[December 23, 2003, 12:15]
MP wins Internet Hero award
News The Internet Hero award is given to people who "deserve a slap on the back for a job well done in promoting, developing or defending the interests of the Internet industry", according to ISPA. Richard Allan, Liberal MP for Sheffield Hallam, won the...
[February 21, 2003, 8:36]
Verisign wins Internet Villain award
News Linford was nominated "for educating people about spam, endeavouring to thwart spammers, and urging the US to reject the opt-out approach to spam legislation," said ISPA. Meanwhile, as predicted by ZDNet UK, Steve Linford of Spamhaus walked away...
[February 20, 2004, 7:30]
Europe crowned as Internet Villain
News Facing stiff competition from BT, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, Lycos and Carol Vordermann, the EU took the award for work that, said the ISPA judges, "has threatened the 'Country of Origin' principle, which has...
[February 25, 2005, 15:25]
HMRC named 'internet villain' of the year
News The Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA), which represents internet service providers across the UK, holds an eponymous annual awards ceremony in which it names the "internet hero" and "internet villain" of the year.
[March 17, 2008, 10:36]
Home Office wins Internet Villain award
News For 2002, ISPA added a fourth division to the ISPAs; the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) Award, for developments in the field of online safety. If Internet Villain is the nadir of awards then the zenith is Internet Hero, which went to Elizabeth...
[February 14, 2002, 13:12]
