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Why the Digital Economy Act simply won't work
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| With the passage into law of the dread Digital
| Economy Act comes Ofcom's guidelines that are
| the first step toward rules for when and how
| rightsholders will be able to disconnect entire
| families from the internet because someone on
| or near their premises is accused of copyright
| infringement.
|
| Consumer rights groups and privacy groups â
| such as the Open Rights Group, the Citizens
| Advice Bureau, Which, and Consumer Focus â
| participated in the process, making the Ofcom
| rules as good as possible (an exercise that,
| unfortunately, is a little like making the
| guillotine as comfortable as possible).
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/jun/01/digital-economy-act-will-fail
Recent:
The future of the Digital Economy Act is in your hands
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| It is also wholly wrong that customers
| should be footing the Bill of this
| enforcement scheme. The vast majority, even
| by copyright holdersâ estimates, do not
| infringe their copyrights, yet they will be
| paying for a quarter of this scheme. A small
| number will be priced off the Internet by
| even a small rise in broadband bills â
| Consumer Focus estimate perhaps 10,000
| households.
|
| BT also drew attention to the lack of a
| Privacy Impact Assessment for the scheme.
| Privacy concerns could scupper the
| acceptability of letter writing. Yet the
| engagement from the government and ICO on
| this issue has so far been less than
| acceptable.
|
| ORG and other groups have been willing to
| accept the principle of letter writing, but
| this current consultation shows the
| weaknesses in the legislation that was
| rammed through in the dying hours of the
| last Parliament. Already the Act threatens
| to punish innocent people with additional,
| unwarranted costs and bars to clearing their
| name.
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http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2010/the-future-of-the-digital-economy-act-is-in-your-hands
ConDems Wonât Repeal UKâs Digital Economy Act
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| All those angry digital liberties
| campaigners? They shouldnât get their
| hopes up too much about the Digital
| Economy Act under a new governmentâ
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| âWeâre not going to repeal it,â the new UK
| governmentâs Conservative culture
| secretary Jeremy Hunt told paidContent:UK.
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http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419-condems-wont-repeat-uks-digital-economy-act/
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