
ACTA and SOPA have put Internet copyright into the mainstream news agenda. The Copyright Enforcement Enigma introduces you to this topic. It explains the history of copyright sanctions. It puts 3-strikes and blocking policies into context. And it unravels the strange story of how it all got mixed up in the Telecoms Package and Amendment 138. When you finish it, you will understand why the ISPs and fundamental rights are under attack! Click here to get it!
I have written a briefing paper on the Telecoms package.
Called The Telecoms Package and the copyright amendments: a European legal framework to stop downloading, and monitor the Internet", the paper argues that it is essential to protect the "mere conduit" status of the ISPs in order to protect the rights and freedoms of the individual. You can read it here. You are free to use it or quote from it, provided you attribute it to the author.