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Baron Mandelson and Magna Carta
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| Again, the Secretary of State can make
| anyone do anything, or pay anything, without
| due process, preserving livelihood, lawful
| judgment. It's the exact opposite of the
| 'anything by which any part of these
| concessions or liberties might be revoked or
| diminished' being 'null and void and we will
| at no time make use of it' clause.
|
| I'm not a lawyer, but I'll take the drafting
| of Geoffrey de Mandeville and the other 24
| Barons from 1215 over Peter Mandelson and
| Sion Simon.
|
| For a thorough legal discussion, read
| Lillian Edwards post, then sign the petition
| and join the Open Rights Group.
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http://epeus.blogspot.com/2009/10/baron-mandelson-and-magna-carta.html
Why does Mandelson favour the Analogue Economy over the Digital?
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| There's a lot to hate about Peter
| Mandelson's controversial Digital Economy
| Bill, but there's one provision that
| perfectly captures the absolute, reality-
| denying absurdity of the whole enterprise.
| That titbit is the provision that holds the
| Bill's most drastic measures in reserve,
| only to be used if Britain's illegal
| filesharing doesn't drop off by 70% within a
| year of the main part of the Bill coming
| into force.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/26/digital-economy-file-sharing-mandelson
Illegal filesharing: a problem the government can't solve?
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| ISPs disagree with content companies and
| government over where the costs of
| prevention should fall. Last month, BT and
| Carphone Warehouse, TalkTalk's parent,
| estimated policing broadband would cost
| about Â2 a line a month. The latest estimate
| from the Department of Business, Innovation
| and Skills (which is piloting the bill
| through Parliament) is lower â in the region
| of Â3 to Â10 a notification (ISPs think the
| number is closer to the lower of those).
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/nov/25/illegal-filesharing-digital-economy-bill
Gov net disconnections could breach EU law
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| The Government's Digital Economy Bill could
| be in breach of EU laws, according to an
| internet law expert. Professor Lilian
| Edwards has also warned that the Bill could
| make it impossible to operate a free
| wireless network legally.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/11/27/gov_net_disconnections/
Recent:
Copyright and Morals
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| Morality is used in the Copyright Wars as a way to
| cover up the inability to justify expansion of
| rights on economic grounds.
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http://volokh.com/2009/10/05/copyright-and-morals/
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