The amendment to do with web blocking and copyright from Tim Clement-Jones and Tim Razzall in the House of Lords has generated much discussion online. Yesterday we ran a piece from Lord Clement-Jones explaining his reasoning: There are websites which consistently infringe copyright, many of them based outside the UK in countries such as Russia and
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 4th Mar 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Questions are asked in the House of Lords about the government's involvement with online ad firm Phorm.
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BBCPolitics on 7th Aug 2008 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
As cultural content migrates online on a massive scale, legal battles are multiplying to prevent piracy, protect copyright and make money out of this growing business.
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EurActiv on 20th Mar 2009 (via euractiv.com)
UK online centres says that as more and more public services move online, the 17 million people in the UK who remain off-line could be missing out on important information and the convenience of online applications.
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PublicTechnology on 31st Mar 2009 (via publictechnology.net)
Today sees the official launch of the new Panorama website and I hope you won't mind me saying a few words about it here and seeing whether you think that this is a good use of the web by a TV programme. So much work goes into a 30 minute Panorama or a one hour special and the website struck me as the perfect platform to showcase the best of our journalism online. Britain's Terror Heartl...
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TheEditors on 6th Jan 2009 (via bbc.co.uk)
The European Commission will reopen the 'Pandora's box' of online copyright protection with a new legislative initiative on e-commerce, after attempts to filter Web traffic failed during negotiations over the telecoms package.
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EurActiv on 30th Jan 2009 (via euractiv.com)
Around 12,000 people made the second UK national Get online day their excuse to get onto the internet and try something new online.
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PublicTechnology on 21st Jan 2009 (via publictechnology.net)
So Carwyn Jones has finally launched his online campaign to become the next First Minister, with his new website and new twitter accounts. In the web-war between the candidates Huw Lewis is lagging behind, being the only one without a campaign website or campaign Twitter accounts. But then, the outcome of this contest isn't likely to be decided online. Welsh cyberspace "is mainly a gang of Plaidie...
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Ordovicius on 4th Oct 2009 (via simondyda.net)
To the Hansard Society website in search of the new Report on MPs Online: Connecting with Constituents , without huge expectations following on from the Hazel Blears "Cynical Nihilistic Political Bloggers" nonsense (*). Oooh. Look. They are having an event with Mark Pack, Jonathon Isaby and Derek Draper about online campaigning. Good.
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TheWardmanWire on 24th Feb 2009 (via mattwardman.com)
From the BBC: Ministers offer concessions on copyright changes Ministers have given a concession over what critics claimed were “draconian” powers which would enable them to crack down on online copyright infringement. A clause in the Digital Economy Bill would have allowed ministers to amend existing laws on online piracy without the need for further legislation. Google and Facebook
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 14th Jan 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)