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Mandelson's 'Digital Envoy' gets lukewarm reception
News Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Mandelson told the House of Commons that a Net czar will lead Britain in what he termed the "new industrial revolution". Mandelson, a self-confessed technophile, shared his vision of a new knowledge-based economy...
[November 26, 1998, 17:43]
Mandelson: UK needs entrepreneurs
News Entrepreneurs need to bridge the gap between research and commercial development, according to business secretary Peter Mandelson. Lord Mandelson told an audience at the Innovate '09 conference in London on Tuesday that while there is investment in...
[October 14, 2009, 16:38]
Dictatorial, disastrous, dire: Mandelson must not pass
Blog Comment It's not really Mandelson either as far as I can see. The man needs to be arrested. That's not going to happen in a hurry though is it? He's just a front man for a power grab that's already happened, and I mean happened in the way of bail out candy...
[November 20, 2009, 1:09]
Reports: Mandelson to create file-sharing offence
Blog The government intends to create a new offence of downloading copyrighted material without consent, according to reports that refer to a letter sent by business secretary Lord Mandelson to the leader of the House, Harriet Harman.
[November 19, 2009, 16:01]
Mandelson puts 'three strikes' plan in motion
News Business minister Peter Mandelson has reiterated the government's 'three strikes' plans to disconnect suspected copyright infringers from the internet, drawing sharp criticism from the UK's biggest ISP.
[October 28, 2009, 16:38]
A Year Ago: Mandelson's 'Digital Envoy' gets lukewarm reception
News Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Mandelson told the House of Commons that a Net czar will lead Britain in what he termed the "new industrial revolution". Mandelson, a self-confessed technophile, shared his vision of a new knowledge-based economy...
[November 26, 1999, 6:03]
Mandelson launches 'bold' e-commerce initiative
News The government signalled its willingness to embrace e-commerce with open arms yesterday as Trade and Industry Secretary Peter Mandelson launched a Competitiveness White Paper, which he termed, 'bold, far reaching and absolutely necessary.
[December 17, 1998, 10:21]
Dictatorial, disastrous, dire: Mandelson must not pass
Blog Without debate, without public consulation, without any form of mandate, Lord Mandelson - an unelected politician - is preparing to place the rights of powerful industrial concerns above those of Parliament and above ours.
[November 19, 2009, 17:09]
Union asks Mandelson to stop Ericsson closure
News The UK's largest union, Unite, has called on business secretary Lord Mandelson to intervene to stop the closure of Ericsson's Coventry research and development facility. Unite said it wanted to meet with Mandelson to "see how the government can...
[November 19, 2009, 15:04]
News Burst: Mandelson welcomes US lead on e-commerce
News Mandelson saw the report as evidence of the "emerging international consensus on e-commerce". It is anticipated that the digital envoy -- announced by Mandelson last week -- will take a leading role in promoting e-commerce issues in the UK.
[December 9, 1998, 12:22]
Dictatorial, disastrous, dire: Mandelson must not pass
Blog Comment He needs detaining this is treason!
[November 19, 2009, 20:02]
Dictatorial, disastrous, dire: Mandelson must not pass
Blog Comment the use of statutory instruments to detail how to apply a policy formalised in law is one thing; it's worrying to see something that seems so far from policy formalised by law being taken through this route (it's the point I made in the...
[November 23, 2009, 8:37]
Dictatorial, disastrous, dire: Mandelson must not pass
Blog Comment Take a step back though, this extreme is the result of the other extreme, where anybody (and pretty much) everybody downloads music (and to a growing extent films) without considering the need to pay someone for their work.
[November 20, 2009, 2:10]
Reports: Mandelson to create file-sharing offence
Blog Comment "Open Rights Group head Jim Killock told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the leaked details "should make people angry". I am! this guy's on a one man crusade its unbelievable! it just keeps getting worse and worse.
[November 19, 2009, 18:36]
mandelson
Talkback how the f.can this piece of crap do anything ,? he,s never been voted in is an mp? brown is just letting everyone walk allover us NOW a suggestion if they get to big on rules WE all f.off the internet see how they,d like that no more peoples...
[October 30, 2009, 20:42]
Peter Mandelson gives thumbs up to UK Web design
News Mandelson approved of the colour yellow, and praised the organisers 'Yell', the Web site of the Yellow Pages, for organising the awards, but was at pains to stress that Yellow Pages would not be granted any special access to government in return...
[July 9, 1998, 16:13]
Dictatorial, disastrous, dire: Mandelson must not pass
Blog Comment Well said Rupert! The proposals - so far as I have seen them reported in various media - would in effect render everyone guilty until proven innocent since virtually all content, unless expressly declared otherwise, could be copyright in some way...
[November 23, 2009, 8:41]
Dictatorial, disastrous, dire: Mandelson must not pass
Blog Comment Quote by project10 Instead of just pure criticism suggest some solutions to combat the situation that copyright owners face. But in the absence of a working solution you can't force through rules that massively favour copyrights holders at the...
[November 23, 2009, 8:41]
Dictatorial, disastrous, dire: Mandelson must not pass
Blog Comment Yes but with economy of scale Tesco reduces prices but the music & film industry use it to increase prices. Look at the hideous incomes of some of these artists, a lot of whom can't perform live but rely on technology to correct their bad...
[November 20, 2009, 12:58]
File-sharer crackdown could be expedited
Blog Peter Mandelson, the secretary of state for business, innovation and skills, is planning a major crackdown on illegal file-sharing, according to reports over the weekend. BIS's spokesperson denied reports that Mandelson had decided to become more...
[August 17, 2009, 15:46]
