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Westminster lays ground for shared networks
City Council instigates shared services for capital Westminster City Council has begun a procurement for next generation network services that could be taken up around London.…
Continue reading »Obama Appoints Former Microsoft Security Chief New Cyber Security Czar
It took seven months but President Obama has finally found someone to take the cybersecurity czar job no one wanted. Howard Schmidt, a former Microsoft security executive and a one-time cybersecurity adviser to President George W. Bush, has been appointed to the position of cybersecurity coordinator, according to a White House announcement on Tuesday.
Continue reading »EU ACTA leak confirms global DMCA plans
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- America wants to to push laws that reach beyond WIPO net treaties and beyond current European Union law, “confirming the U.S. desire to promote a three-strikes and you’re out policy,” says Michael Geist , quoting from a leaked European Commission analysis of the ACTA Internet chapter. It also contains detailed comments on US proposals for a “Global DMCA, harmonized contributory copyright infringement rules, and the establishment of an international notice-and-takedown policy,” says Geist.
Continue reading »World’s first ‘net freedom provision’
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- British and French plans to institute the Draconian Three strikes plan drawn up by Big Music and Hollywood to have net users disconnected purely on the say-so of the cartels have met a setback. European legislators have given the green light to new rules which decree users’ can still be cut off, but only after a “prior, fair and impartial procedure” which gives them “the opportunity to state their case and respects the principles of presumption of innocence and the right to privacy” has been completed. However, an EU statement outlining the decision doesn’t say what the ‘fair and impartial procedure’ will comprise, or who will decide user rights have indeed been upheld, or by what means,.
Continue reading »Norway consumer groups sets sights on Kindle, e-book tie-in
Norway’s Consumer Council, Forbrukerrådet, made a name for itself back in 2006 by going after Apple’s iTunes Store with a vengeance. Now, it’s eyeing Amazon and has expressed concerns about the Kindle’s terms of service—some of which will sound familiar from the iTunes saga. In a critique published on its website , Council head Hans Marius Graasvold said that the fine print in the Kindle’s contract violated several provisions of Norwegian consumer protection law.
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