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In an interview with the Wall Street Journal recently, Google's Eric Schmidt suggested that teens will automatically change their name in order to disassociate themselves from the indiscretions of youth. While this might seem to be a somewhat extreme action to take, how easy is it to actually change your name? If you live in the UK, it's actually very easy.
As it's Friday, a little piece of fluff journalism..... The Flintstones theme tune is the most recognisable children's TV show and Baa Baa Black Sheep the most memorable nursery rhyme, according to research carried out by the UK's PRS (Performing Rights Society). Over 2000 people were surveyed and the results collected into a top 10 of TV Themes and nursery
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has issued a press release on Google's collection of WiFi data that was obtained by the StreetView cars as they drove round. In what appears to be a holding statement, the ICO says that it has reviewed samples of collected data at Google premises and confirms that the samples do not include any "meaningful personal details". Additionally, the
The Performing Rights Society (PRS), the approximate equivalent of the US's RIAA, recently published a paper outlining a proposed approach to the compensation of rights holders based on the level of unlicensed material passing through an ISP. The paper, snappily titled Moving Digital Britain Forward Without Leaving Creative Britain Behind, was written by Will Page, Chief Economist, PRS for Music
The UK's Information Commissioner's Office has published a pair of guides about holding personal information online. The first guide is a Code of Practice aimed at organisations, particularly, those that sell goods and services over the web and is to help them understand the data protection law and develop good practice. The second is for individuals and is Protecting Your
The British Government has confessed that it doesn't have sufficient money to meet the deadline of 2012 for a 2Mb/s broadband universal service. This commitment had been made by the previous government but was reconfirmed by the Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, only last month in his speech at the Hospital Club in London. He further said, "Our goal is simple: within
According to La Quadrature du Net and based on both official and leaked documents, secret trade negotiations for ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) by the EU Presidency includes negotiating criminal penalties for counterfeiters and copyright-infringers, bypassing the normal legislative system and significantly increasing the scope of "trade agreements". My understanding is that within the UK counterfeiting goods and copyright infringment are generally considered to