Books in the Digital Age: The Transformation of Academic and Higher Education Publishing in Britain and the United States
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... want to be paid, and fans want to pay them, as the cornerstone. “The British Government’s Digital Economy Bill will be debated by Parliament within a few weeks,” says Billy in an a2f2a post , going on »»» This is the legislation which will mandate the ISPs to cut off internet users who download illicit files. I am not going to go into all the ramifications for individual liberty as they...
SiliconRepublic.com (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
The fragmentation of media driven by the internet will mean the economies to create and then profit from digital content will be harder in a crowded world where the long tail of traditional broadcast content meets the cut and thrust of inexpensive user creations.
Broadband Expert Blog (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago
... have not been able to access broadband services through other means, which has created a distinct digital divide, which the government has been trying to address in its Digital Britain plans. Satellite operator Avanti has recently announced that its long awaited equipment has arrived, and this means that it may be just a matter of months before areas of the UK are able to benefit...
Mandate Communications blog (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Certainly, and an important part of Digital Britain - so there is a gap in the market around the kind of support the industry needs. Computer games made in the UK between 2006 and 2008 generated global revenues of £4bn, and the highly competitive global games market is worth £18bn and growing at 9% per annum.
Computing.co.uk (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... of the wider national security system and aims to increase protection against cyber crime in the digital age and build on themes introduced by the Digital Britain report.
Media Week (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
LONDON - UTV Media, owner of TalkSport, has restated its opposition to the Government's planned digital radio switchover in 2015, claiming it "sidelines those stations that are more closely connected to their local communities".
Media Week (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
... financial footing. However, such a deal has, despite the urgings of the Government through its Digital Britain policy initiative, so far failed to materialise.It also faces a major programming upheaval after deciding to axe Big Brother after next year's series.Outgoing chairman Johnson was a surprise choice when he was appointed Channel 4 chairman in 2004. Born in 1962, Johnson is...
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics | Music:- Members of Britain’s new Featured Artists Coalition want the European Commission to help them recover their rights to their own music. As things stand, an EC “use it or lose it” copyright clause means recordings revert to performers if the producer or label no longer wants to [...]
Though Cowards Flinch (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... pro-business. By now few people can be unaware that Lord Mandelson has decided to bin the Digital Britain recommendation that people shouldn’t be banned from the internet for ‘copyright infringement’. This is despite the following conclusion (.pdf) of the All-Party Parliamentary Communications group: We conclude that much of the problem with illegal sharing of copyrighted material...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... union Bectu and campaigning group Voice of the Listener & Viewer, see as shortcomings in the Digital Britain white paper and digital economy bill, which will be outlined in the Queen's Speech on 18 November. Last night's meeting at the Palace of Westminster was sponsored by John Grogan, Labour MP for Selby and chair of the all-party parliamentary BBC group. He said that...
Broadband Expert Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... of great benefits that people with a high-speed internet access could gain. Although the current digital inclusion initiative that is being implemented as part of the government’s digital Britain plans is by no means a crusade there are a great many matters where being online can help people to make a more informed decision according to the managing director of advice body...
Broadband Expert Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
... that it would provide a broadband connection to every home in the UK by 2012 as part of its Digital Britain report that was released earlier in the year there has yet to be any clear indication of how it will be able to fully cover the more remote and rural parts of the country of which many are located in Scottish regions of the country. Source - Cable
Bitterwallet (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... give up their broadband lines. This is wholly inconsistent with the Government’s plans to tackle digital exclusion by increasing uptake and use of broadband.” Goodness, it’s now over 100,000 homes that will have no other option whatsoever – like switching to a cheaper broadband tariff, perhaps – other than to regress to life in the 1980s. But what is this crippling taxation Dunstone speaks...
Media Week (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
... the broad range of views within our sector, to help secure a viable future for all stations in a digital Britain. It continues to represent the vast majority of commercial radio stations in the UK."
p2pnet (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- Hollywood and the Big 4 record labels have suffered another blow in their efforts to Shanghai people who share with each other online. As it stands in Britain and elsewhere, the corporate Three Strikes and You’re Off The Net plan would mean ISPs would be forced to act against [...]
