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Digital economy bill backlash dominates e-election debate
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| Only one thing mattered to the UK's digital
| constituency this week: the digital economy
| bill. The election date announcement meant
| the #debill, as it is referred to on
| Twitter, was hurried through parliament
| before the election.
|
| An ambitious bill designed to kickstart the
| UK's broadband-enabled future and tackle
| internet piracy, it deserved more scrutiny
| than two hours' late-night discussion in an
| empty chamber, but was passed on Wednesday
| with Tory support.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/apr/09/digital-economy-bill-backlash
Leaders sign up for online debate
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8611528.stm
My digital pledges
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| After the passing of the Digital Economy
| Act last week and before the political
| parties each launch a manifesto next week,
| I wanted to ask your advice on my own
| Internet pledges.
|
| [...]
|
| I believe that copyright and software
| patent laws should be reformed to reflect
| the needs of citizens in the Internet age.
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http://www.tom-watson.co.uk/2010/04/my-digital-pledges/
The Red Flag Act 2010 (#DEBill and the Locomotive Acts)
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| The Tory and Labour parties colluded in
| forcing through a piece of draft
| legislation today - the Digital Economy
| Bill - which is one of the most barefaced
| examples of Olde Media trying to protect
| it's position via legislative muscle.
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http://broadstuff.com/archives/2161-The-Red-Flag-Act-2010-DEBill-and-the-Locomotive-Acts.html
A letter to my MP
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| I am writing firstly to commend you for
| your attendance at the Digital Economy Bill
| Second Reading last night. I was one of
| thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of
| people watching the reading unfold on
| Twitter. By now perhaps some MPs and party
| strategists are digesting what happened but
| I wished to pick out a few things that
| seemed particularly relevant, particularly
| in the context of a general election.
|
| [...]
|
| Finally I would note that, while you were
| present, the lack of other Liberal
| Democrats in the house was noted. This is a
| natural constituency for your party. Indeed
| Bath has a vibrant technology community as
| you are no doubt aware. I hope your party
| strategists have seen the damage that was
| done last night and I hope they draw the
| logical conclusion. If the Liberal
| Democrats turn out in force tonight and
| bury this bill at the third reading then it
| will make a difference to your electoral
| results. If you want a hung parliament,
| this is the way to get it.
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http://cameronneylon.net/blog/a-letter-to-my-mp/
Big Musicâs IFPI calls for â3 strikesâ action
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| The ink isnât even dry on Britainâs digital
| economy bill and Vivendi Universal
| (France), Sony (Japan), EMI (Britain), and
| Warner Music (US, but controlled by a
| Canadian) are already crowing.
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http://www.p2pnet.net/story/37996
Mandybill: It ain't over yet
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| Itâs a bit premature to declare winners and
| losers from the Digital Economy Bill just
| yet. The Open Rights Group may have given
| up campaigning â having already turned its
| front page into a giant click-through
| recruitment poster* - but the fight's not
| over. The legislation may yet fall.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/08/mandybill_last_day/
International trade can't ration finite fossil fuels or tuna, but enthusiastically restricts infinite knowledge
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| Colin Jackson, a commenter on a blog, on
| the miserable state of international law:
| "What a pity international governments
| don't seem to be able to make an agreement
| to ration finite resources like tuna,
| atmospheric carbon or fossil fuels, but
| instead devote their time to making an
| international agreement enforcing controls
| over something that costs no resources to
| copy."
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http://www.boingboing.net/2010/04/12/international-trade.html
Recent:
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.
|
| [...]
|
| 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
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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