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British Charities Discover Web Filters Don't Work
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| Firms providing some 5% of the country's broadband connections haven't
| implemented the blacklist, either because they recognize that it doesn't
| work, or because of the expense. Keep in mind this is the same blacklist that
| blocked Wikipedia and screwed up UK edits of the site, and also blocked the
| Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090223/1147443866.shtml
Small ISPs reject call to filter out child abuse sites
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| ISPs have rejected a call by childrens' charities to implement the
| government's approved blocklist for images of child sexual abuse, because the
| list does not stop anyone who wants to accessing such material.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/25/iwf_small_isps/
Piracy is physical theft (sometimes rape and murder) at high seas.
Leading Academics Hit Out as Government Abandons Evidence-Based Policy on
Copyright.
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| In an open letter sent today to David Lammy, UK Minister for Innovation, some
| of the country’s most eminent economists and intellectual property scholars,
| have hit out at government proposals to consider changing policy on term
| extension. The letter, which has also been sent to the Cabinet Office, the
| Treasury and the Culture Minister, voices serious concern at the lack of
| evidence justifying a change that seems to show the Government prefers
| special interests over facts.
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http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2009/02/25/leading-academics-hit-out-as-government-abandons-evidence-based-policy-on-copyright/
http://tinyurl.com/c9ckng
Recent:
Eircom to block Pirate Bay
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| In a letter sent to ISPs across the country last week, the Irish Recorded
| Music Association (IRMA) disclosed the deal and warned others to follow suit
| or face legal action.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/02/23/irma_demands_irish_isps_block_access_to_piracy_sites/
Bill proposes ISPs, Wi-Fi keep logs for police
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| Republican politicians on Thursday called for a sweeping new federal law that
| would require all Internet providers and operators of millions of Wi-Fi
| access points, even hotels, local coffee shops, and home users, to keep
| records about users for two years to aid police investigations.
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/02/20/internet.records.bill/index.html?eref=rss_tech
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