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BPI drafted the Lib Dem / Conservative web blocking amendment
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| Just in case you were wondering where the
| idea for a web blocking amendment came from,
| we attach to this blog post a copy of the
| BPIâs draft, along with their justification
| for it.
|
| Now, amendments often come from lobby and
| campaign groups, including us, not least
| because itâs the easiest way for them to show
| parliamentarians what they want. But the fact
| that twice, with the original copyright by
| diktat proposal, and then the web blocking
| proposal, the BPI essentially got to write
| what they wanted and get it proposed more or
| less wholesale as law, in such a tremendously
| sensitive area and in such a one-sided
| manner, shows something is very wrong with
| the way this debate is being conducted.
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http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2010/bpi-drafted-web-blocking
Leaked Documents Show UK Web Censorship Proposal Written By Record Labels
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| Lobbying groups and activists write proposed
| legislation all the time -- it's part of how
| the process works. But with controversial
| legislation, you would at least think that
| politicians would be sensitive to some of the
| concerns of others before essentially doing a
| copy-and-paste on what the lobbyists give
| them.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100311/1054028522.shtml
Recent:
Conservatives and Lib Dems push web blocking
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| Now, in an even more dangerous amendment,
| Lib Dems and Conservatives push for web
| blocking. This would open the door to a
| massive imbalance of power in favour of
| large copyright holding companies.
| Individuals and small businesses would be
| open to massive 'copyright attacks' that
| could shut them down, just by the threat of
| action.
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http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2010/conservatives-and-lib-dems-push-web-blocking
25 Lib Dem PPCs sign letter asking Lib Dem Parliamentarians to think again on Digital Economy Bill
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| In the last day or so there has been
| particular focus on an amendment put
| forward in the Lords by Tim Clement-Jones
| and Tim Razzall, the reasoning for which
| Tim Clement-Jones explained in a post here
| but which journalist and author (and Lib
| Dem member) Cory Doctorow disagreed with.
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http://www.libdemvoice.org/?p=18185
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