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  • Napster model: ISPs to subsidise record labels

    At the core of Napster's proposed subscription model is an idea so simple the record companies should fall all over themselves adopting it: Make other people pay for millions of dollars in costs the labels pick up today.

  • File-swapping police lean on ISPs

    Record companies have joined the movie industry in trying to root out post-Napster file trading, putting new pressure on ISPs to clamp down on subscribers' actions.

  • Will European ISPs be forced to block illegal content?

    The Internet Service Providers' Association (ISPA) is standing by its claim that UK ISPs should not have to block illegal content sent over their infrastructure despite a court ruling in Belgium, which could change the status quo.

  • Westnet hits P2P with traffic prioritisation

    Westnet has admitted it has been employing traffic prioritisation on its network -- but hadn't mentioned it to its customers until now

  • US piracy decision unlikely to hurt locals: lawyer

    A recent US federal court order for ISP Verizon to release details of one of its users to the Recording Industry Association of America is unlikely to affect Australians in the short term, a telecommunications law expert confirmed today.

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    Get your hands off my Internet, Virgin!

    Getting into the finer print of Virgin's broadband-over-3G plans is a little like getting up close and personal with the office hottie and then discovering they have a personal hygiene problem.

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  • Aust SMS enterprise apps set to launch

    An Australian company will today announce the distribution of a platform for enterprises to SMS-enable applications without needing to know complicated telephony protocols.

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