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Reality TV has a duty of care towards its contestants

Susan Boyle's star burned brighter and faster than anyone else in history. No one has gone from as unknown to as widely known in as short a time. However, she seems to be suffering now and with a new series of Big Brother to start on Thursday should the producers of these programmes do more...more...

Extending the period of copyright protection on sound recordings from 50 years will predominantly...

The European Parliament has recently voted on a proposal that would extend the period of copyright protection for performers and record producers from 50 years to 70 years. This goes someway to address the imbalance between performers and authors, who have copyright protection up to 70 years afte...more...

Who is the best english football manager in History ?

Although there are very few successful English managers currently plying their trade in the game, there have been some excellent managers in the past, this debate is designed to argue the pros and cons of the English managerial elite. If one of your favourite managers has not been included, feel ...more...

The Poet Laureate is still relevant in Britain

Carol Ann Duffy has been named as the new British Poet Laureate. Does the position still have meaning or should it, as some have argued, be abolished?more...

Adding artificial happy endings to a story completely ruins it.

Two years ago in November, a prank similar to an April Fool's Joke was carried out by a group calling themselves the 'Happy Endings Foundation' . They demanded that authors of children's books come up with happier endings and even proposed that offending books be burned! While this group never ac...more...

England should make an effort to celebrate St George's day

As St.Patrick's day carnage is just behind us we have an example of a nation united in celebration and patriotism. St.George's day has fallen by the wayside in recent years and even the flag of St George has developed negative connotations of football hooliganism and the racism of the National Fr...more...

David Beckham fails American soccer

It has been reported this week that David Beckham will be coming back to continental Europe after two years of Major League Soccer across the pond after initially signing a five year contract. When he went he insisted "the main thing is to improve the standard and be part of history really. ...more...

Spotify WILL end the era of illegal music downloading

As the new free music on demand program, Spotify, gains momentum amongst music lovers everywhere including the support of U2 whom released their new album with spotify free to all, a week before general release, can Spotify capitalise on the slow demise of Pirate bay and help stop illegal music d...more...

'Tweeters' at scene of disaster - digital rubberneckers, not citizen journalists!

A plane crash at Amsterdam's Schipol airport has highlighted the way that Twitter users, although often first to 'break' news, could be accused of rubbernecking, gossiping and drawing attention to themselves through the tragic plight of others. Should we leave this sort of thing to the profession...more...

A ban on Pirate Bay would prevent illegal downloading

A case has been brought to Stockholm regarding the file sharing website 'Pirate Bay'. With such a flagrant and obvious offender being brought to court for its implied authorisation of illegal downloading, this case has the potential of setting a new legal precedent. But will the decision of the S...more...