BT And TalkTalk Demand Digital Economy Act Review

The three strikes scheme to combat piracy initiated as part of the Digital Economy Bill pushed through in the final days of the last government, will come into effect some time in 2014.  The system would see those discovered...

The UK government is to call for Google's help in fighting the war on copyright infringement and online piracy. Secretary for culture, media and sport Jeremy Hunt will make the demand in a speech to the Royal Television Society...

US-backed anti-piracy laws are being rushed through in Colombia that will force ISPs to censor Internet content, spy on and even disconnect users accused of copyright infringement. A new bill, put before legislators on Monday by...

Two of the UK's biggest Internet service providers today begin their attempt to overturn the UK's Digital Economy Act (DEA) at the High Court in London. BT and TalkTalk are challenging the legality of the Act on the basis it is...

A petition against measures proposed as part of the Digital Economy Bill, which closed back in June, has finally received a response from the government explaining the need protect the UK's creative economy from peer-to-peer file...

Two of the biggest players in the UK telecoms industry are demanding a judicial review of the Digital Economy Act. The legislation, which was rushed through Parliament in the pre-election wash-up with the minimum of...

TalkTalk, one of the largest internet service provider (ISP) in the UK, has declared in a blog post that the controversial Digital Economy Bill is a 'wash up' and that the company will continue to fight 'against these oppressive...

Telco Talk Talk has restated its pledge to take music and film companies to court if they try to use parts of the just-passed Digital Economy Act. It said it will not hand over any customer details without a court order. The Act...

An unlikely gang of celebrities, politicians and geeks have sent an open letter to the UK government saying the Digital Economy Bill “threatens to severely infringe fundamental human rights”. The group includes IT...

A petition, calling for Lord Mandelson to cancel his plans to ban individuals from the internet based on their (legal or illegal) use of P2P file sharing, has apparently convinced the current government that there is no need for...

A petition set up by internet service provider TalkTalk at the Prime Minister's website has received over 30,000 signatures in opposition to the Government's proposal to cut off internet connections used by suspected file...

Carphone Warehouse owned Talktalk has confirmed that it could take legal actions against the current government if the business secretary, Lord Mandelson, goes ahead with his plans to boot persistent illegal file sharers off the...