Information Protection and Security

Speaking to The Guardian, TalkTalk, the second largest ISP in the UK with more than four million customers and ownership of the Tiscali and AOL brands, claimed the government's plan was based on file sharers being ‘guilty until proven innocent' and constituted an infringement of human rights.

It has dropped an amendment to its Telcoms Package which would have made it hard for countries to cut off pirates without court authority.

French lawmakers have passed an amended version of the Hadopi legislation that calls for persistent file-sharers to be cut off from the internet.

IDG News Service - A grand jury in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia has indicted four alleged members of a music piracy group for conspiracy to commit copyright infringement, the U.S. Department of Justice said.

An alliance of music stars, songwriters and record producers has spoken out against UK government proposals to kick file-sharers off the internet.

An alliance of music stars, songwriters and record producers has spoken out against UK government proposals to kick file-sharers off the internet.

Computer users often dismiss Internet security best practices because they find them inconvenient, or because they think the rules don't apply to them. Many cling to the misguided belief that because they don't bank or shop online, that bad guys won't target them. 
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