Tag Archives: P2P

Media law in March

By take21 | Published: March 31, 2010

Libel laws used to gag again: UK Anti-Piracy Lawyers Threaten File-Sharing ForumTorrentfreak 50,000 lawsuits vs individuals for downloading movies. Mass litigation as a business modelHollywood Reporter Index on Censorship: Libel costs reform stalled by Labour MPs’ revolt Tom Watson MP explains his vote on libel reform Liberal Conspiracy 31March

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Digital Economy Bill and Digital Britain in March

By take21 | Published: March 31, 2010

Digital economy bill likely to be pushed through before electionGuardian 05.03.2010 Copyright is not the only thing that matters online, says Bill ThompsonBBC 02.03.2010 Music Week: Clause 17 voted down in LordsThe industry is celebrating that non P2P infringers are being dealt with in the Digital Economy Bill, after the House of Lords voted through […]

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October #4

By take21 | Published: October 30, 2009

DefamationBirmingham Post Birmingham law firm to pursue online defamation Digital BritainDissecting ‘The Economic Case for Digital Inclusion’ Ian CuddyAn extended look at Lord Mandelson’s IP announcement at C&binet Paid Content Freedom of InformationAll FOI requests to this site now categorised Whatdotheyknow Google docsNow Exportable in Office and Open Office formats RWW LobbyingCivil servants fight off […]

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October #3

By take21 | Published: October 30, 2009

Digital BritainOfcom launches Consortium for Digital Participation70% oppose internet ban for filesharers, poll shows. GuardianIllegal downloads 150x more profitable than legal sales Torrent FreakMore than 10 million adults in the UK have never used the Internet. 4 million of them are the most socially disadvantaged. Race Online 2012 EducationTeach us a Lesson! competition for informal […]

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September #6

By take21 | Published: October 3, 2009

DesignTED video: Tim Brown (IDEO) urges designers to think big. From consumption to participation. Be inspired. Digital BritainISP responds: TalkTalk legal challenge if told to disconnect internet ‘pirates’. Times GuardianUK technology industry organisation responds to BIS Consultation on Legislation re illicit P2P file-sharing IntellectGovernment 2.0Calling open data developers: we need your help says Cabinet Office […]

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August #4

By take21 | Published: September 1, 2009

Digital BritainWatch interview Martha Lane Fox with Robert Peston http://bit.ly/10XE5LAppetite fades for ‘top-slicing’ BBC funding http://bit.ly/19GwGdPeter Mandelson: ‘nothing has been predetermined’ http://bit.ly/LQCU4John Naughton on Lord Mandelson’s intervention: http://bit.ly/RfXHu Edinburgh Television FestivalFull version of James Murdoch’s James MacTaggart speech is here on Guardian: http://bit.ly/QfSkIRobert Peston lecture What future for media & journalism? full text http://bit.ly/RfmNKJournalismInterested AstroTurf […]

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August #3

By take21 | Published: September 1, 2009

EducationHow long does it take to create one hour of eLearning? http://bit.ly/EeLbNScholarly publishing with WordPress http://bit.ly/kW34Q CensorshipNew Scientist: worldwide government initiatives to block, filter and control the internet http://bit.ly/1WesNZ Google Book SettlementBBC on Amazon, Microsoft and Yahoo signing up to Open Book Alliance re Google Book Settlement http://bit.ly/tuSSkPeter Brantley and the Open Book Alliance – […]

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August #2

By take21 | Published: August 16, 2009

Downloading Annual University of Hertfordshire survey on music consumption. Two views: Trade body UK Music, who fund the survey “Music consumption in 14-24 year olds is complex, latest survey reveals” UK Music Torrentfreak “14-24 year olds pirate 8,000 music tracks each” Torrentfreak   Digital Britain Programme for the delivery of actions in the DB White […]

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August #1

By take21 | Published: August 7, 2009

Creative Commons Creative Commons Launches CC OpenID Profile bit.ly “Rights Expression vs. Rights Enforcement: clarifying the Associated Press story” creativecommons.org   Sematic web Open Knowledge Foundation: Open Data and the Semantic Web Workshop, London, 13th November 2009: ur1.ca  JISC project report on Semantic technologies in learning & teaching : bit.ly   Digital Britain Consultation on […]

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Links to 13th June

By take21 | Published: June 13, 2009

    The week in links Education resources, open access, copyright, bad research and lobbying, life without newspapers- insight from the1940s, Twitter hype vs the numbers, browser innovation, Digital Britain, life without broadband, French anti-filesharing law overturne The week in links Education resources, open access, copyright, bad research and lobbying, life without newspapers- insight from […]

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