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ISPA announce the finalists
Posted by: eusty on Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 09:17 PM
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After the categories were announced back in
August, we all wondered who the villain of the year would be in The Internet
Services Providers’ Association awards.
Now the nominees have been revealed, and there are no real surprises, but or
money is on Sony BMG with it's hacking attempts.
The finalists in the ISP Division are due for release at the end of January 2006
with the awards being presented in a gala dinner on the 23rd February 2006 at
the London Marriott Hotel in Grosvenor Square.
The Internet Villain Award nominees:
Commissioner Reding
For the revision of the TV without Frontiers Directive which
threatens ISPs by extending the scope of broadcasting regulation to
content delivered via the Internet, in a market which is not yet
fully developed.
The European Commission
The European Commission for its inability to get through one year
without producing yet another piece of Intellectual Property
Legislation.
Russia
For failing to deal with illegal websites and online abuse hosted
within its borders.
Sony BMG
For compromising the security of its customers’ PCs with its
copyright-protecting rootkit technology.
The UK Presidency of the European Union
For seeking EU wide data retention laws which will force ISPs and
telcos to retain more data for longer without proper impact
assessment.The Internet Hero Award nominees:.
All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG)
For its recommendations to amend the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) to
further protect individual websites and the infrastructure of the
Internet against the threat of distributed denial-of-service (DDOS)
attacks.
Independent Office of the Telecommunications Adjudicator
For helping to develop new Local Loop Unbundling (LLU) products and
processes, and for mediating working-level implementation disputes.
Ofcom
For not wrecking the 0845 regime used to access pay-as-you-go (PAYG)
Internet services.
Ofcom
For recognising its role in ensuring that Service Providers deliver
on their quality of service promises to end-users.
Roger Darlington
For his hard work as Chairman of the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)
from which he retires this year. |
As for all the winners in these and all the other categories, we will reveal them when they are announced.
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