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UK to finally make personal CD ripping legal
UK to finally make personal CD ripping legal
According to government sources, the UK will finally legalize the personal ripping of CDs and DVDs for media players or for personal use. ...... 03 Aug 2011
UK plan to block streaming websites criticized
UK plan to block streaming websites criticized
Consumer groups attack proposals to block websites that offer illegal video streams. The Open Rights Group (ORG) revealed earlier this week ...... 24 Jun 2011 - 2 comments
UK police arrest hacker in cybercrime operation
UK police arrest hacker in cybercrime operation
Metropolitan Police arrest 19 year old man; media links case to LulzSec group. Police officers from the Metropolitan Police Central e-Crime ...... 21 Jun 2011 - 9 comments
Ofcom warns about mobile interference with digital television signals
Ofcom warns about mobile interference with digital television signals
UK communications regulator warns that growth of 4G will cause TV reception problems for some Brits. Ofcom will conduct a research program ...... 03 Jun 2011 - 2 comments
Record label visits schools to combat piracy
Record label visits schools to combat piracy
Independent label in the UK visits schools to educate kids about the work that goes into making music, and how illegal downloading threatens ...... 26 May 2011 - 8 comments
EU Cookie law postponed by a year in UK
EU Cookie law postponed by a year in UK
UK websites given one more year to comply with EU cookie laws. The EU's Privacy and Communications Directive comes into force today, but ...... 26 May 2011 - 1 comment
BT looks for 4G trial volunteers in UK
BT looks for 4G trial volunteers in UK
Everything Everywhere (partnership of T-Mobile and Orange) and BT are looking for volunteers to test new high-speed broadband in the UK. ...... 25 May 2011
Google's Schmidt: Piracy blocks harm free speech
Google's Schmidt: Piracy blocks harm free speech
Eric Schmidt, executive chairman at Google Inc., has said proposed anti-piracy blocks on websites such as The Pirate Bay would be a disaster ...... 25 May 2011 - 2 comments
Finally: CD and DVD ripping to become legal in UK
Finally: CD and DVD ripping to become legal in UK
Thanks to the Hargreaves report, which reviews UK copyright law, it appears that a few of the more archaic points of the laws will be revised ...... 19 May 2011 - 18 comments
UK Gov-backed start-up website directs users to malware
UK Gov-backed start-up website directs users to malware
UK Government-backed website pushed by Prime Minister David Cameron found to link users to malware. StartUp Britain was found to be linking ...... 30 Mar 2011 - 7 comments
UK ISPs urged to block file sharing websites
UK ISPs urged to block file sharing websites
Media companies urge UK Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to voluntarily block access to piracy websites. They are being urged to block access ...... 28 Mar 2011 - 6 comments
Ofsted: UK Design and Tech classes 'out of date'
Ofsted: UK Design and Tech classes 'out of date'
A report by Ofsted in the UK has said that some of Britains design and technology classes are lagging behind. It said that too many teachers ...... 28 Mar 2011 - 1 comment
UK: Games devs gets 'some' tax relief
UK: Games devs gets 'some' tax relief
UK Chancellor George Osborne's budget will lead to some tax relief for the games industry in the region, according to TIGA. The trade group ...... 24 Mar 2011 - 1 comment
Google looking to launch YouTube movie service in UK
Google looking to launch YouTube movie service in UK
Google is actively looking to begin an unlimited streaming subscription service, one that will rival Netflix and Amazon, and may launch it first in the UK. ...... 28 Feb 2011
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