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Digital Economy Bill is "a victory for consumers", says Microsoft
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| The Digital Economy Bill's passing into law is
| "a victory for consumer empowerment" according
| to Neil Thompson, general manager of
| Microsoft's Entertainment & Devices Division.
|
| [...]
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| The Digital Economy Bill as a whole is
| anything but a victory for consumers - it has
| highlighted serious failings in our
| Parliamentary process and a pandering to an
| industry that still lives in the dark ages. We
| fail to see how Thompson thinks that
| disconnecting users from the internet for
| alleged file sharing is a victory for
| consumers.
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http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/general/277567/digital-economy-bill-is-a-victory-for-consumers-says-microsoft
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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