Category: Stories
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French taxpayer to subsidise music buyers
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The European Commission has approved a French scheme to subsidise music downloads for 15-25 year olds. The taxpayer will contribute €25 per user per year to every “Carte Musique” cardholder, which entitles the user to €50 worth of downloads. The cardholder will stump up the other half of the cost of the card. The proposal…
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ISPs: beware of paranoid bloggers with a persecution complex, warns Ofcom
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Exclusive Ofcom will encourage ISPs to be transparent about traffic management, but won’t ask them to detail the information in a standard format, according to meeting notes seen by The Register. The regulator is sounding out opinion from ISPs and consumer groups on traffic management, which it sees as the only aspect of the US…