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New Communications Act will rewrite media regulation, says minister
The Government will overhaul the way UK media companies are regulated with a new Communications Act. Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt said that a new law was needed "to create regulatory certainty".
20/01/2011
Net neutrality fundamental to fairness, says BBC boss
Net neutrality must be defended if low income households are not to be excluded from new ways to consume digital content, BBC director general Mark Thompson has said.
20/01/2011
Newspaper should not have to pay Naomi Campbell's 'success fees', rules European court
Making the Daily Mirror newspaper pay 'success fees' to model Naomi Campbell's lawyers breached the paper's right to freedom of expression, the European Court of Human Rights has ruled.
19/01/2011
Italian competition body asks for copyright reform after Google settlement
Italy's competition regulator has asked the Italian parliament to reform copyright law after accepting Google's settlement of a dispute with newspapers. It does not have the power to solve the problem of the exploitation of newspaper content, it said.
19/01/2011
Government will publish new guidance on bribery law
The Government will publish new guidelines on bribery, it has said. The rules will help companies to comply with the Bribery Act which was passed last year.
18/01/2011
Government creates data publishing body
A single body will be put in charge of how data generated by publicly owned bodies is used, the Government has said. It has outlined plans for a Public Data Corporation (PDC) to manage data and license it to others.
17/01/2011
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