France passes controversial antipiracy bill
News The measure supported by French president Nicolas Sarkozy punishes digital pirates by suspending internet service if they are caught illegally sharing copyrighted material. The French National Assembly ignored a vote last week by the
[May 13, 2009, 11:06]
HMRC named 'internet villain' of the year
News Other nominees for the internet-villain award included BT Wholesale (for changing its engineering plans for 21CN at short notice), the British Phonographic Industry (for its "heavy-handed" approach to file-sharing), David Cameron (for "buddying up...
[March 17, 2008, 10:36]
Internet 'heroes and villains' vie for ISPA awards
News French president Nicolas Sarkozy also gets a drubbing for trying to tax internet access and mobile phone use, and HM Revenue & Customs gets a mention for losing 25 million UK citizens' personal data. The Internet Service Providers' Association has...
[January 15, 2008, 15:54]
Ofcom pleads for Telecoms Package to pass
News It believes this was shown by the French constitutional court's recent ruling that president Nicolas Sarkozy's 'three-strikes' law is unenforceable. The head of UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has urged European parliamentarians and telecommunications...
[June 25, 2009, 11:38]
EU telecoms vote prompts file-sharing fears
News The most strident support for a 'three strikes' law from a national leader has come from the French president, Nicolas Sarkozy. A high-level European vote on communications legislation will take place on Monday evening, raising fears that alleged...
[July 7, 2008, 17:12]
EU lawmakers vote to introduce net neutrality
News The digital rights campaigning group La Quadrature du Net said in a statement on Wednesday that the voting through of the Telecoms Package, including amendment 138/46, was "the final blow against three-strikes laws such as Nicolas Sarkozy's Hadopi...
[May 6, 2009, 17:10]
