Archives for the 'Digital Britain' Category
Clause 17 of the Digital Economy Bill – should internet law be in the hands of Ministers?
Published on 19 Jan 2010 at 5:46 pm.
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Filed under Misc, Internet, Digital Britain, Copyright Infringement.
Blog Author: Tony Ballard
Those who are familiar with the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 will not be entirely surprised by clause 17 of the Digital Economy Bill or the amendments to it that Lord Mandelson has proposed. They may, however, share some of the concerns that were expressed in 2006 about increasing the powers […]
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Public service broadcasting and the Digital Economy Bill
Published on 25 Nov 2009 at 3:08 pm.
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Filed under Misc, Broadcasting, AVMS Directive, Digital Britain.
Blog Author: Tony Ballard
The Digital Economy Bill proposes a reformulation of the public service broadcasting principle.
Not so long ago, the Government spoke of digital television bringing about the end of television as broadcasting and the beginning of electronic communications as a seamless web which transcended the old distinctions between television, computer and the telephone. It […]
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Remedies for illicit peer-to-peer file sharing: a conflict of fundamental rights
Published on 1 Jul 2009 at 5:05 pm.
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Filed under Misc, Digital Britain, illegal file sharing.
Blog Author: Tony Ballard
Nobody, least of all the government, expects that dealing with illegal peer to peer file sharing will be easy.
Digital Britain sensibly recognises that convenient access to legal content is as much part of the solution as putting new obligations on ISPs. It is looking to industry for the former and is designing […]
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The BBC – The Solution to Universal Connectivity?
Published on 24 Mar 2009 at 1:19 pm.
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Filed under Misc, Broadcasting, Digital Britain, Broadband.
Blog author: Tony Ballard
The interim Digital Britain report proposes a digital “Universal Service Commitment” (USC) in broadband by 2012. This is not quite the same kind of thing as the universal service obligation (USO), which requires BT (and Kingston) to provide basic voice and data to all at affordable prices and which is regulated pursuant […]