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The Government's Digital Rights Bill is coming under scrutiny from the Joint Committee on Human Rights, which has said that that it needs to see more details in the law before it can be passed

Consumer magazine Which? Computer says it has received complaints from a number of people who claim they have been falsely targeted by a law firm going after illegal file sharers.

ISPs would become responsible

Search engines such as Google could well find themselves exempt from UK law of any liability for copyright infringement if a new proposed amendment to the Digital Economy Bill is passed.

Landlord taken to task for facilitating copyright breach

Mininova has made the shock decision today to go legit, deleting all infringing torrents from its index marks.

Paramount has sent a damning letter to the FCC outlining its stance on online piracy and explaining why it is not just the computer literate who are downloading copyrighted content on the web.

Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has claimed that the government will cut off repeat piracy offenders from the internet.

TalkTalk has staged an illustration of exactly why it has described Lord Mandelson's hardline approach to illegal downloaders as naïve.

The newly-formed Pirate Party UK wants to see sweeping changes to Britain's copyright and patenting laws, as well as promoting freedom from excessive electronic surveillance.