ACTA is short for Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is a proposed plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement. ACTA would establish a new international legal framework that countries can join on a voluntary basis and would create its own …
According to the Office For National Statistics (ONS) a total of 24.5 million census forms were handed out and 1.6 million were not returned of which it is estimated that 120 people have now been convicted for refusing to return their form. The ONS has referred 369 cases to …
Iain Duncan Smith, the minister in charge of the Welfare Reform Bill, claimed yesterday in an interview with the BBC’s political editor Nick Robinson Painful or Positive? article that “They’re not suffering.” referring to people living with multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, mental health disorders, Crohn’s, learning difficulties, cancer, spina bifida, …
Britain has revoked the press license of Iran-based English language broadcaster Press TV, accusing it of violating press regulations. But some say the decision was really motivated by British geopolitical interests. The Office of Communications (Ofcom), a government-approved watchdog overseeing broadcasting and telecommunications in the UK, says the channel does …
The UK has admitted for the first time that it was using a fake rock to spy on Russia six years ago. The chief of staff to the then British PM Tony Blair has made the revelation in an interview. In 2006 the UK dismissed the allegations that appeared in …
Tomorrow, Google, Wikipedia, Reddit and the Cheezburger LOL cats site will begin a 24hr blackout in protest of SOPA (The Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (the Protect Intellectual Property Act) to halt the sales of pirated products overseas. Wikipedia 24hr blackout will only affect the English language version of …
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