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Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:31 PM

Federation Against Software Theft

Type: Organization

Name: Federation Against Software Theft

First Reported 01/19/2010 - Updated 01/19/2010 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

House of Lords

FAST backs the "Future-Proofing" clause in the Digital Economy Bill

FAST backs the "Future-Proofing" clause in the Digital Economy Bill Copyright law is being discussed in the law-making bodies of the UK Government with contention having arisen over the controversial clause 17 designed to enable the bill to be amended ... [Pro Security Zone - 01/19/2010]

Entities: The Digital Group, House of Lords, Federation Against Software Theft

First Reported 01/16/2010 - Updated 01/16/2010 - 1 Documents (in Politics)

Letters: Don't let theft ruin our digital future

Copyright infringement is having a serious impact on employment opportunities for the British creative workforce and the promotion of emerging talent. Without the action proposed by the government in the digital economy bill (DEB), job losses will be ... [Guardian.co.uk - 01/16/2010]

Entities: Copyright Infringement, Broadband, Alastair Duncan, Gerry Morrissey

First Reported 01/25/2010 - Updated 01/25/2010 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Matt Barnes

No commercial link between the Federation and FAST Ltd

The Federation Against Software Theft has made a statement to clear the confusion surrounding the organisation and the similarly named FAST Ltd which offers licence management consultancyThe Federation Against Software Theft and Investors in Software ... [Pro Security Zone - 01/25/2010]

Entities: Federation Against Software Theft, Matt Barnes, International Organization for Standardization, Education, Piracy

First Reported 01/18/2010 - Updated 01/18/2010 - 1 Documents (in Intellectual Property Rights)

ScanSafe Inc

FAST comments on litigation risk for companies ignoring employee download activity

With ScanSafe research indicating large growth in the use of employee workstations for the illegal downloading of software and other materials, The Federation Against Software Theft is advising companies that they face prosecution for allowing this to ... [Pro Security Zone - 01/18/2010]

Entities: Ignorance, ScanSafe Inc, Litigation

First Reported 01/08/2010 - Updated 01/08/2010 - 3 Documents (in Corporate Deals)

Federation Against Software Theft

FAST launches digital software group

The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has launched a legal advisory group to de-mystify digital law for software. FLAG Digital Group is comprised of representatives from law firms including: Beachcroft, DMH Stallard, Lovells, Palmer Biggs Legal ... [Computer Business Review - 01/08/2010]

Entities: Wedlake Bell, Federation Against Software Theft, Beachcroft

First Reported 08/27/2009 - Updated 08/27/2009 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

Proposed internet disabling law welcomed by FAST

New laws that will see file sharers cut off from the internet have been welcomed. John Lovelock, chief executive of the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST), approved the proposed changes, claiming that it was a step further than Lord Carters' Digital ... [SC Magazine UK - 08/27/2009]

Entities: Infringement, Federation Against Software Theft, United Kingdom

First Reported 01/08/2010 - Updated 01/08/2010 - 1 Documents (in Internet & IT)

CIF strives for clearer skies in cloud computing market

The newly installed chairman of the Cloud Industry Forum (CIF) is aiming to clean up the cloud services provision space, but some channel onlookers have questioned the bodys validity. CIF is a self-regulating body and is a sub-group of the Federation ... [Computing.co.uk - 01/08/2010]

Entities: Cloud Computing, Andy Burton, Federation Against Software Theft

First Reported 10/30/2009 - Updated 10/30/2009 - 1 Documents (in Intellectual Property Rights)

A contradiction at the heart of government on copyright protection

FAST questions the politicians behind the government’s IP policyLord Mandelson’s much hyped announcement on the Government’s intended ‘3-strikes-and-you-are-out’ policy over IP infringement and illegal file-sharing, is at odds with the intellectual property ... [releases feed from realwire - 10/30/2009]

Entities: Federation Against Software Theft, Intellectual Property, David Lammy, Infringement

First Reported 11/18/2009 - Updated 11/18/2009 - 1 Documents

Anti-filesharing laws are go

The government will press ahead with plans to restrict internet access for illegal filesharers, it was confirmed in the Queen's Speech today. As expected, a Digital Economy Bill will aim to compel ISPs to penalise those persistently observed infringing ... [The Register - 11/18/2009]

Entities: Infringement, Federation Against Software Theft, The Conservative Party (United Kingdom)

Quotes

John Lovelock continued: "Our own research indicates that the overwhelming majority of businesses believe that the Government has lost the battle against software piracy. When we polled companies in 2009 some 67% said that it was easy to secure unlicensed software via the Internet or peer-to-peer file-sharing. What was more shocking was that a third of the sample - some 32% -admitted that they would even download illegal software themselves!" he continued...

No commercial link between the Federation and FAST Ltd [Pro Security Zone - 01/25/2010]

...laid unless parliament has had a previous period of 60 days for scrutiny of proposals for such an instrument under the super-affirmative procedure. "On behalf of an industry that is estimated by Intellect to be 10% of our entire GDP we are calling on all political parties in Parliament to give their full backing to the Clause 17 measures which will ensure that now and for years to come entrepreneurs will be able to thrive and consumers will be able to enjoy a rich choice of content in the digital economy" he concluded. Read more news for

FAST backs the "Future-Proofing" clause in the Digital Economy Bill [Pro Security Zone - 01/19/2010]