Government got it right with PEGI, says Byron

Tanya Byron today gave the thumbs up to the Government’s recommendations on video game classification. As part of its Digital Britain report, Westminster revealed earlier this week that PEGI is to become the sole age ratings model in the UK. Talking at the end of a vibrant Digital Safety conference …

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PEGI likely to become law in 2010

PEGI will have to wait the best part of a year until it becomes the UK’s sole classification system by law. The proposal to implement PEGI as the UK’s only games age classification model, overseen by the Video Standards Council, was put forward by Labour in its Digital Britain White …

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US: File-sharing mum fined $2m

A 32-year-old single mum has been ordered by a Minneapolis court to pay $1.92m to the Recording Industry Association of America after being found guilty of breaching the copyright of just 24 songs. The Guardian reports that Jammie was one of 30,000 people initially found guilty and ordered to pay …

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iPhone 3GS beats sales records

The queues may have seemed smaller than this time last year, but mobile operator O2 has stated that the new Apple iPhone 3GS is way ahead of where its predecessor was at the same stage in its first day on sale. The iPhone 3GS has got off to an incredible …

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New low for non-food retailers

Non-food retailers have experienced their worst month since July 1992, after sales fell by three per cent on 2008. Official figures released by the Office of National Statistics show that overall retail sales fell by 1.6 per cent compared to the previous year. To read the full story, click here …

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