On Tuesday I was invited with Chris Gibson of FIRST to give evidence to the Home Affairs Sub-Committee of the European Affairs Committee of the House of Lords. They are currently looking at the European Commission’s proposals to protect Europe from large-scale Cyberattacks. We spent an hour and a half explaining what CERTs are, how [...]
The amended EC law requiring opt-in, rather than opt-out, to non-essential cookies was criticised last week as “breathtakingly stupid” because of its implications for advert-funded sites. However advertisers have now said that they don’t think the law requires any change to current practice!
So is there a problem, or not? I don’t know, but I have [...]
The draft Digital Economy Bill has been published and will now begin to be debated by the Houses of Parliament. Most of the Bill is as expected from the various ministerial statements over the summer. Two measures to reduce copyright infringement will be introduced immediately:
Under clause 4 of the Bill, Internet Access Providers must pass [...]
The Queen’s Speech today did, as expected, include a Digital Economy Bill, including powers to improve the enforcement of copyright law on line. However the draft bill isn’t going to be published till Friday. The BBC report suggests that the approach will be similar to that of the Ministerial Statement in August.