Why are internet service providers above the law? Why do we assume the internet is above and beyond the law? The world wide web should be as much subject to the laws of the land as any other form of communication. Yet it’s still the “wild west web” where lawlessness is rife and politicians wring their hands claiming there is nothing they can do. The truth is that the internet ser...

Service providers may be required to collect data on serious infringers of copyright law, which would then be made available to music companies and other rights-holders

We’re once again running a fringe meeting at the Liberal Democrat spring conference. This time we’re looking at the internet and who is allowed to control whom: Who runs the internet? Wikileaks, piracy and censorship Libel law reform campaigner and former MP Evan Harris, website pioneer Mary Reid, James Blessing of the Internet Service Providers’

These are all internet problems and [internet users] think someone should do something about it. Although many internet users think the government should keep out of the internet, I suggest to you that most ordinary people who just use the internet like they use the banking system or the trains think that the government should make sure it all works properly for them and that bad things get stoppe...

Plans to force internet providers to block sites carrying pirated music and films 'threaten freedom of speech and the open internet', says internet and telecom companies

This week the Open Rights Group launched a campaign against the proposed website blocking scheme between copyright holders and Internet Service Providers.  The campaign was launched on the back of a leaked document suggesting that a voluntary code for industry website blocking be introduced. The document was presented to Ed Vaizey, the relevant minister. Vaizey meets regularly with internet s...

Four of the world's largest internet companies have urged Lord Mandelson to drop plans to allow ministers to change UK copyright law without needing primary legislation

Research from Mott MacDonald Schema, a UK based independent management consultancy advising the technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) industries, has revealed that nearly half (48%) of internet users don’t believe that internet service providers (ISPs) and social networks are doing enough to prevent harmful content being accessed online.

Increased political wrangling over digital piracy and internet regulation has forced ministers to back away from a proposed sweeping power to change copyright law

Boing Boing are reporting that the EU parliament will be voting on Monday on a "three strikes" rule on Internet usage:Back-room dealings in the European Parliament have resulted in a "three strikes" rule being included in a new telecoms bill -- the rule would force ISPs to kick people who've been thrice accused of copyright infringement off the Internet.If this bill passes, then Europeans' access ...