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UK Digital Economy Bill: Internet policing code released
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| A code which will act as the model for
| Ofcom, the UK regulator, to supervise the
| new copyright enforcement measures against
| peer-to-peer downloading, has been drafted
| by the UK government.
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| The Digital Economy Bill provides for the
| regulator, Ofcom, to supervise the new
| copyright enforcement measures targeting
| Internet users. The measures, which occupy
| over one third of the Bill, initially
| target peer-to-peer users, but in fact, the
| scope of the Bill looks set to go much
| wider. (I am still in the process of
| analysing it, but this is my current view.)
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http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=449&Itemid=9
HOWTO talk to your MP about the UK Digital Economy Bill - workshops this Saturday
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| Florian from the UK Open Rights Group
| writes in with news of an upcoming set of
| workshops to help people who care about
| civil liberties and the open and free
| Internet talk to their Members of
| Parliament about the terrible Digital
| Economy Bill...
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http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/20/howto-talk-to-your-m.html
Recent:
Digital Economy Bill: Lords Want To Stamp Out Piracy Chasers
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| Members of the House of Lords recently
| voiced concerns over the UK governmentâs
| Digital Economy Bill, stating that the
| problems facing the entertainment industry
| are largely of their own creation. There
| was also criticism of companies who demand
| cash from file-sharers in the UK, and ideas
| were put forward to end their scheme.
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http://torrentfreak.com/digital-economy-bill-lords-want-to-stamp-out-piracy-chasers-091208/
Threatening Internet freedom in the UK
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| All too often, the public policy world
| focuses on subtle legislative distinctions
| and on regulatory details. But once in a
| while, an issue comes along that strikes
| to the heart of the big principles. Such
| an issue erupted last week in the UK - an
| issue that incorporates two of the most
| important subjects on these pages: privacy
| and innovation.
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http://googlepolicyeurope.blogspot.com/2009/12/threatening-internet-freedom-in-uk.html
Lib Dems to oppose Mandelson copyright powers
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| The Liberal Democrats are to oppose a
| clause in the Digital Economy Bill that
| would let the business secretary amend
| copyright law without parliamentary
| debate.
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http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39927706,00.htm?s_cid=260
Debate on Mandelson's job
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| The Conservatives have accused Business
| Secretary Lord Mandelson of "empire
| building", calling for his department to
| have a cabinet minister in the Commons.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_lords/newsid_8394000/8394205.stm
Pure Mint boss resigns BPI committee over Digital Economy Bill
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| Hall believes the proposed legislation has
| been rushed in a bid to get it through
| parliament before the next General
| Election, that it is in danger of
| disregarding some sacred legal principles
| (regarding process, presumption of
| innocence and burden of proof) and that it
| won't solve the record industry's piracy
| problems anyway.
|
| In his resignation letter to the BPI, Hall
| writes: "I have enjoyed contributing to
| both [the BPI's] Rights [Committee] and
| the [IFPI's] ILC, but increasingly feel
| that my contributions are falling on deaf
| ears as an agenda has already been reached
| that I now consider is unmovable. As you
| know, I do not think the Digital Economy
| Bill is a sensible or well thought out
| piece of legislation. In my view it is
| being rushed through the last months of a
| parliament of an unpopular government and
| it is not legislation that I support".
|
| Referencing clause 17 - the one that gives
| senior ministers the right to change
| copyright laws on whim - he continued: "I
| am particularly surprised that the record
| industry has chosen to endorse s.17 of the
| DEB, which I consider is wholly
| undemocratic and contrary to centuries of
| good practice regarding the forming of our
| copyright legislation. I also believe it
| may set a dangerous precedent going
| forwards (and could come back to haunt the
| industry)".
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http://newsblog.thecmuwebsite.com/post/Pure-Mint-boss-resigns-BPI-committee-over-Digital-Economy-Bill.aspx
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