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 France passes harsh antipiracy bill: Un, deux, trois you're out

France passes harsh antipiracy bill: Un, deux, trois you're out

The French National Assembly has passed a bill to cut off and blacklist suspected file sharers, the cheese-eating copyright monkeys Read more

13 May 2009, 11:42  |  Tags: Pirate Bay, hotspots, Parliament, Wi-Fi hotspots, DVDs

CNET UK > News > Mobile Phones

EC votes to cut roaming rates on texts

The cost of text messaging while abroad on the continent is to be cut drastically, the European Commission announced yesterday Read more

16 July 2008, 08:06  |  Tags: GSM Association, Vodafone, Parliament, data services, European Commission

CNET UK > News > MP3 & Digital Music

EU warns against 'criminalising' filesharers

People should not be criminalised for the file-sharing of copyrighted material if they are not profiting from doing so, the European Parliament has recommended Read more

14 April 2008, 09:05  |  Tags: copyright, Parliament, ISPs, piracy

CNET UK > News > Gadgets

Europe plans its own MIT

The European Union has proposed a 'flagship for excellence' for technology innovation and research Read more

23 February 2006, 09:37  |  Tags: Parliament, European Union, European Commission, Gadgets

CNET UK > News > Software

UK judge frowns on software patents

Sir Robin Jacob has questioned the need for software patents and scolded the US for letting "anything under the sun" be patented Read more

16 January 2006, 10:33  |  Tags: IBM, Microsoft, European Commission, Parliament

CNET UK > News > Software

EU rejects software patenting directive

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly voted against a directive that would have widened the extent of software patenting -- freeware advocates are very pleased Read more

7 July 2005, 10:57  |  Tags: software developers, Parliament, Software

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