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The DEBill and why it should go.
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| Lilian Edwards (well, her Pangloss
| persona, anyway) offers another
| characteristically trenchant analysis here
| of the shocking mess that is the Digital
| Economy Bill. The DEBill* appears to be
| yet another in the growing list of
| legislative measures in which the Bill is
| drafted so as to confer disproportionate
| powers, while we are assured by the
| sponsoring Ministerâ that they will either
| never be used, or be used only for good.
|
| [...]
|
| The DEBill is wrong at the meta-level,
| too. Not only does the Bill itself
| enshrine evasions of due process (as
| described above), it is also about to be
| pushed through Parliament without debate,
| as part of the inappropriately-named
| "wash-up" process in the closing days of
| the legislative session.
|
| On April 6th, the Bill will be given its
| second reading and then become a
| bargaining chip in an unaccountable and
| undemocratic haggling session amongst MPs
| whose chances of forming part of the next
| legislature are entirely uncertain.
|
| I urge you to let your MP know that you
| object to the Bill and its passage through
| Parliament.
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http://futureidentity.blogspot.com/2010/03/debill-and-why-it-should-go.html
Coadecâs concerns with Copyright Infringement Provisions of Digital Economy Bill
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| â The biggest concern with the User
| Notification Rules is the potential effect
| on ISPs, which includes not just upstream
| providers but anyone who makes Internet
| access available (and so theoretically
| applies to cafes and other providers of
| wi-fi hotspots). The administrative burden
| on these smaller ISPs is likely to be very
| high, and in combination with potential
| fines of up to Â250,000 for non-
| compliance, these provisions may be enough
| to put many ISPs out of business. The
| long-run effect will be substantially
| reduced Internet access in public places,
| which (1) will have a disproportionately
| large impact on the earliest-stage
| entrepreneurs, who rely on publicly-
| available wi-fi to develop their
| innovations before they move into an
| office and (2) conflicts with the
| Governmentâs mission of make high-speed
| access widely available.
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http://www.coadec.com/?p=130
Beware as Mandelson sneaks in new web blocking clause
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| Lord Mandelson, who is putting through
| the protectionist Digital Economy Bill on
| behalf of the wealthy creative industry
| corporations, has come out with a revised
| version of the BPI's website blocking
| clause. But beware, because this is merely
| a ruse to get 3-strikes carried when it
| goes before the House of Commons next
| week.
|
| The Clause is not substantially different
| from the one proposed by Lord Clement-
| Jones and Lord Howard of Rising. All it
| seems to do is to create another layer of
| legislation, and possibly it could have
| two effects: one is that Mandelson is
| trying to get the rest of the Digital
| Economy bill passed before the election,
| so this is a ruse to leave out the most
| controversial clause. And, in putting it
| off until the political heat is also off,
| he can sneak it through more easily.
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http://www.iptegrity.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=498&Itemid=9
The Digital Economy Bill: The Power of Not Being Elected
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| The Digital Economy Bill now represents a
| wonderful opportunity for would-be next-
| Parliament MPs. Show us why we should
| trust you. Show us that you will stand in
| the gap and uphold democratic rights and
| due process. And think before you alienate
| a good slice of your electorate.
|
| I guess dinosaurs have to be allowed their
| ritual dances as they exit the
| evolutionary stage. And this Bill, flawed
| as it is, may still become law. Because of
| clever timing, apathy. And the Power Of
| Not Being Elected.
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http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2010/04/01/the-digital-economy-bill-the-power-of-not-being-elected/
Draft Clause 18 Published
http://interactive.bis.gov.uk/digitalbritain/2010/03/draft-clause-18-published/
Writing (Yet Again) to my MP
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| I would therefore urge you to press
| ministers for a full debate on the Bill,
| perhaps by signing this Early Day Motion
| (EDM 1223):
|
| âThat this House believes that the Digital
| Economy Bill [Lords] is too important to
| be taken further in the last days of a
| dying Parliament; and considers that a
| bill with so many repercussions for
| consumers, civil liberties, freedom of
| information and access to the internet
| should be debated and properly scrutinised
| at length and in detail, with a full
| opportunity for public discussion and
| representation in a new Parliament after
| the general election and not rushed
| through in the few days that remain in
| this Parliament.â
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2010/03/writing-yet-again-to-my-mp.html
Recent:
The Digital Economy Bill: A taxation on salt
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| MPs have the opportunity now to take the
| Digital Economy Bill in wash-up and do just
| what a wash-up implies: clean it out. If
| they donât, and if lobbies like BPI get
| their way, weâre in for a satyagraha.
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http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2010/03/29/the-digital-economy-bill-a-taxation-on-salt/
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