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Anti-data caps rep resigns from Congress today
Rep. Eric Massa (D-NY) resigns from Congress this evening at 5pm, which is good news to ISPs that serve more than two million customers apiece. In the wake of last year’s monthly data cap trials by Time Warner Cable, Massa announced publicly that he would introduce a bill that would limit such caps , and he did so in June 2009.
Continue reading »TalkTalk Rises Awareness in WiFi Safety
Honoring the invitation from Channel 4 News to participate in a broadcast, security expert Matt Roburgh, member of the team behind Internet service provider TalkTalk, seized the opportunity to educate the public on WiFi safety and the threat posed by WiFi hacking. Roburgh directed the discussion towards the limitations of today’s network safety solutions and hackers’ ability to constantly reinvent their methods of tackling existing security measures. Admitting he had also been a victim of WiFi hacking, the expert explained that although protection of WiFi connections with passwords is highly recommendable, this measure alone might not always be enough to block hacking attempts.
Continue reading »Verizon Terminating Copyright Infringers’ Internet Access
Verizon is terminating internet service to an unknown number of repeat copyright scofflaws, a year after suggesting it was not adopting a so-called graduated-response policy. While it was not immediately clear whether other internet service providers were following suit, the move comes as the Recording Industry Association of America and the Motion Picture Association of America are lobbying ISPs and Congress to support terminating internet access for repeat, online copyright offenders. All the while, the United States has been privately lobbying the European Union to “encourage” so-called three strikes policies , according to leaked documents surrounding a proposed international intellectual property accord.
Continue reading »FCC Should Help ISPs Combat File Sharing, Says RIAA
Following support from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), FCC is expected to adopt new specific rules that will enable Internet service providers (ISPs) to enforce effective anti-piracy measures aimed at discouraging illegal file sharing and stimulating the development of legal music services. The new set of rules promotes the availability of Internet content, sites and platforms while cutting down fees from ISPs for accessing various services online. The new Open Internet guidelines proposed by the RIAA are designed to transform the Web into the recording industry’s primary source for distributing content, and consolidate ISP efforts to fight piracy at the same time.
Continue reading »E-commerce law update includes ISP hate speech exemption
Dispensation granted for ‘mere conduits’ The Government has published Regulations that will absolve internet service providers (ISPs) and other digital service providers of responsibility for religion or sexuality-related hate speech transmitted over their networks.…
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