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New forum for next steps in Digital Economy campaign
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| We've launched a new forum, over here.
| Please sign up and use it to help us plan
| the next steps in our campaign against the
| Digital Economy Bill.
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http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2010/new-forum-for-next-steps-in-digital-economy-campaign
UK Digital Economy Bill Turns To Ashes
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| After months of warnings from
| photographers, and weeks of viral posters
| demonstrating the dangers of Clause 43 and
| misuse of photography, the Labour party
| have got in on the act by launching their
| election campaign with a poster using all
| the techniques warned of: only to see it
| blow up in their faces.
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http://www.jeremynicholl.com/blog/2010/04/05/uk-digital-economy-bill-turns-to-ashes/
The Statute of Anne, the Digital Economy Bill and the Red Flag Act
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| This week marks the Tercentenary of the
| 1710 Statute of Anne - the world's first
| Copyright law. It also marks the first
| discussion of the Digital Economy Bill in
| the Commons. And in 1865, the Locomotive
| act was being discussed in the Commons too.
| How do they compare?
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http://epeus.blogspot.com/2010/04/statute-of-anne-digital-economy-bill.html
Clause 18 of the DEB removed? â And its different becauseâ..?
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| I wonât repeat myself about my objections
| to the DEB. Whilst my articles and
| opinions are strongly anti-piracy, I think
| that there is so much wrong with the
| implementation and current copyright laws,
| that there are issues on both sides.
|
| What I want to look at is it is now
| reported that Clause 18 has been removed in
| the final throes of the DEB debate. Before
| I do that though, many sites report:
|
| Copyright holders will be able to apply
| for a court order to gain access to the
| names and addresses of serious
| infringers and take legal action.
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http://openbytes.wordpress.com/2010/04/08/clause-18-of-the-deb-removed-and-its-different-because/
UK House Of Commons On Digital Economy Bill: We'll Approve Now, Debate Later?
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| Despite tens of thousands of people writing
| their MPs, and multiple MPs asking for
| approval of the Digital Economy Bill to be
| delayed, it looks like the Leader of the
| House of Commons, Harriet Harman, has
| decided that the bill will be rushed
| through via a "wash up," no matter what.
| Glyn Moody points us to an image showing
| that a lot of MPs simply decided not to
| even show up for the discussion, which is a
| bit of a disgrace.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100406/0953458896.shtml
Digital economy bill exposes broken system
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| You would be hard pressed to find a better
| example of how broken our current political
| system is than the passage of the digital
| economy bill through parliament. A vast
| sprawling bill made to order on behalf of
| the so-called creative industries in the
| face of opposition from pretty much
| everyone else, it has all the hallmarks of
| legislation carved up between Sir Humphrey
| and a minister with an ego of monstrous
| proportions (only Lord Mandelson would
| consider Henry VIII-style powers as
| something to aspire to in the 21st
| century).
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/apr/08/digital-economy-bill-exposes-broken-system
Digital Economy bill: liveblogging the crucial third reading
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/apr/07/digital-economy-bill-internet
Richard Stallman sees red over Digital Economy Bill
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| Stallman's blog reheats a number of long-
| argued controversies ranging from the
| curbing of 'digital rights', the extension
| of copyright, and the way legislation such
| as the DEB will in his view work to
| restrict access to content.
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/040810-richard-stallman-sees-red-over.html
Digital Economy Bill passed, broadband tax axed: What you need to know
http://crave.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029552,49305418,00.htm
Digital Economy Bill Shoved Through With Minor Modifications
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| And there you go. The entertainment
| industry gets its ridiculous anti-consumer
| copyright law with no real attempt at
| debate or amendment in the House of
| Commons. Concerns raised about how this
| bill could force the blocking of Wikileaks
| or the shutdown of internet access at small
| business? Ignored.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20100407/1519078915.shtml
Recent:
Digital economy bill: One clown giveth and the other clown taketh away
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| If the government were to stop slavishly
| obeying the record companies as it formerly
| obeyed George Bush, and turn its attention
| to the real issue â how to support the arts
| in the digital age without impeding sharing
| â there is no shortage of methods it could
| try. My 1992 proposal for a special tax to
| be distributed to artists, with the money
| partly shifted from the most popular ones
| towards those not quite so successful, is
| still applicable. Meanwhile, many artists
| support themselves already with voluntary
| payments by their fans. If we make it
| easier to send these payments, with a send-
| one-dollar or send-one-pound button on
| every player, this method would work even
| better. And without disconnecting anyone!
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/apr/06/digital-economy-bill-richard-stallman
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