February 2007 News On Digital Media & The AOP

• News

Belgians win suit over Google News

Copiepresse, the copyright protection group representing 17 mostly French-language newspapers, last week won its lawsuit against Google Inc. The Belgian newspapers had demanded Go ...more

PCC’s remit to include audio-visual material

The Press Standards Board of Finance Ltd (PressBoF) has announced that following industry-wide consultation it has agreed to extend the remit of the Press Complaints Commission (PC ...more

Lords oppose new media directive

The UK's thriving new media industry is under threat from proposed European Commission rules designed to protect the business of television broadcasters against new competition, ac ...more

PCC’s remit to include audio-visual material

The Press Standards Board of Finance Ltd (PressBoF) has announced that following industry-wide consultation it has agreed to extend the remit of the Press Complaints Commission (PC ...more

ACAP trial partners revealed

The taskforce behind the ACAP (Automated Content Access Protocol) search engine initiative has announced the list of publishers participating in the pilot project, which commenced ...more

Ofcom proposes new Public Sector Publisher

Ofcom this week released a consultation asking for stakeholder responses to a proposal for a Public Service Provider (PSP) of online content. It argues that there is a gap to be ...more