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Le FBI fait de la surveillance temps réel une priorité - 27 mars 2013
Le Bureau fédéral d’investigation (FBI) veut pouvoir surveiller, dans un cadre légal et en temps réel, des services cloud et messageries comme Gmail et Dropbox.
Malgré l’arsenal législatif qui lui permet d’obtenir de précieux renseignements numériques au titre de la sécurité des États-Unis, le Bureau fédéral d’investigation (...)
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Copyright holders call for unlawful downloading regime to cover 4G networks - 8 octobre 2012
Software and entertainment firms have called on Ofcom to expand the scope of a forthcoming anti-piracy regime to cover mobile operators, over fears that superfast 4G broadband networks will lead to growth in unlawful filesharing.
The regulator has drawn up an Initial Obligations Code, a set of rules designed to (...)
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Internet piracy appeal fee challenged by Consumer Focus - 26 juin 2012
Suspected internet pirates will have 20 working days to appeal against allegations of copyright infringement and must pay £20 to do so, according to revised plans to enforce the UK’s Digital Economy Act.
The details are contained in secondary legislation presented to Parliament and a draft code published by Ofcom. (...)
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La riposte graduée britannique prend l’eau - 30 avril 2012
La riposte graduée britannique existera-t-elle réellement un jour ? On peut sérieusement en douter depuis que, la semaine dernière, le secrétaire d’Etat à la Culture, Jeremy Hunt, a expliqué dans une réponse écrite à la député travailliste Chi Onwurah que le Digital Economy Act (DEA) était « retardé ». « Jusqu’à 2014 », a (...)
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DEA anti-piracy measures delayed until 2014 - 28 avril 2012
The Digital Economy Act’s anti-piracy measures have been delayed until 2014 at the earliest, following court cases brought by ISPs unhappy with the costs they would have to bear and with other aspects of the law.
The measures, which include sending warning letters and the threat of disconnection to internet users (...)
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Royaume-Uni : la loi contre le téléchargement illégal repoussée - 28 avril 2012
L’entrée en vigueur du "Digital Economy Act", qui introduit un dispositif de réponse graduée contre le téléchargement illégal au Royaume-Uni, a été reportée, rapporte la BBC, jeudi 26 avril."Les lettres d’avertissement aux téléchargeurs et les éventuelles déconnexions d’Internet ne seront pas prononcées avant 2014, au moins", (...)
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Digital Economy Act’s anti-piracy measures are delayed - 26 avril 2012
The controversial piracy law, the Digital Economy Act, has again been delayed, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport has confirmed.
The measures, such as letters to suspected illegal downloaders and potential disconnection, will not be enforced until at least 2014.
Since being passed at the end of the (...)
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BT and TalkTalk lose challenge against Digital Economy Act - 6 mars 2012
Internet service providers lose final appeal after court rules the Digital Economy Act is legal and compatible with European law
The government has been given the green light to implement the Digital Economy Act after the final legal challenge by two internet service providers was thrown out at the court of (...)
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BT and Talk Talk lose file-sharing appeal - 6 mars 2012
BT and Talk Talk have lost an appeal over controversial measures to tackle copyright infringement online.
The internet service providers (ISPs) had argued the UK’s Digital Economy Act was incompatible with EU law.
The Act will mean ISPs will have to send warning letters to alleged illegal file downloaders, as (...)
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Les FAI britanniques perdent leur combat contre la riposte graduée - 6 mars 2012
Deux FAI britanniques réputés pour leur opposition envers la riposte graduée ont perdu l’appel qu’ils avaient formulé l’an dernier contre certaines dispositions législatives du texte Digital Economy Act.
La bataille de la riposte graduée au Royaume-Uni est en train de tourner à l’avantage des ayants droit et des (...)
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La justice britannique autorise l’application d’une loi antitéléchargement - 6 mars 2012
Un recours des deux fournisseurs d’accès Internet British Telecom (BT) et TalkTalk face au gouvernement anglais a échoué, mardi 6 mars, en cour d’appel. Les deux sociétés s’opposent depuis plus d’un an à une loi visant à lutter contre le téléchargement illégal, arguant que la nouvelle législation serait incompatible avec le (...)
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European Court of Justice rejects web piracy filter - 24 novembre 2011
The European Court of Justice has ruled that content owners cannot ask ISPs to filter out illegal content.
The ruling could have implications for the creative industries as they attempt to crack down on piracy.
The court said that while content providers can ask ISPs to block specific sites, wider filtering was (...)
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BT and TalkTalk to appeal Digital Economy Act - 7 octobre 2011
BT and TalkTalk will launch a fresh challenge against the controversial Digital Economy Act.
The companies have been granted permission to appeal against a High Court ruling that upheld most of the anti-piracy law.
Like many service providers, they believe that the law unfairly compels them to police users’ (...)
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Deux FAI britanniques veulent toujours empêcher la riposte graduée - 7 octobre 2011
British Telecom (BT) et TalkTalk ont obtenu ce vendredi le droit de faire appel de la décision de la Haute Cour de justice, qui avait rejeté en avril leur recours contre la loi Digital Economy Act. Celle-ci prévoit l’instauration de la riposte graduée au Royaume-Uni.
La riposte graduée n’est pas encore tirée d’affaire (...)
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France acts against net pirates - 6 octobre 2011
Sixty French net users could have their connection turned off for a month after ignoring letters telling them to stop infringing copyright.
They are the first to reach the end of the controversial process France operates as a way of tackling pirates.
About 650,000 people have received one warning and a further (...)
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Google faces pressure to block filesharing sites - 15 septembre 2011
Culture secretary to urge internet companies to downgrade rogue websites in search listings
The government is to put pressure on Google to block illicit filesharing websites from its search results as part of fresh attempts to combat online piracy.
Google will on Wednesday face calls from the culture secretary, (...)
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Jeremy Hunt urges web firms to join anti-piracy drive - 15 septembre 2011
UK Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has delivered a hard-hitting speech, calling on net firms, advertisers and credit card companies to cut ties with websites that link to unlawful content.
In a speech to the Royal Television Society, he said he wanted to make it harder for such sites to prosper.
Ideally the (...)
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Will copyright extensions ever end ? - 13 septembre 2011
As copyrights for recorded music are extended, Shane Richmond argues that this is just the latest step in a campaign that is set to continue until copyright never expires.
It’s now more than a decade since the internet began killing the music industry. The situation is so much worse than the last thing to kill (...)
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Un rapport de l’ONU tacle le G8, l’ACTA, Hadopi, Loppsi - 4 juin 2011
Un rapport sur les politiques relatives à Internet par le rapporteur spécial des Nations Unies pour la protection de la liberté d’expression sera présenté aujourd’hui. Ses recommandations pour la protection des libertés fondamentales contredisent radicalement les orientations fixées par les gouvernements du G8. Ce rapport (...)
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Google boss : anti-piracy laws would be disaster for free speech - 19 mai 2011
Eric Schmidt claims search giant would fight attempts to restrict access to sites such as the Pirate Bay
Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, warned on Wednesday that government plans to block access to illicit filesharing websites could set a "disastrous precedent" for freedom of speech.
Speaking to (...)
