Is this the one that makes ISP's into censors and requires licenses for us?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Coles" <d-...@hadrian-way.co.uk> To: "Dorset Linux User Group" <dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 7:54 PM Subject: [Dorset] OT: Sign up to oppose the Digital Economy Bill > Today it was reported that the new Digital Economy Bill has passed through > the > Lords, > (http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/digital-economy-bill-approved-by- > lords-5919) so it will become law before the election if nothing is done > about > it. > > If, like me, you disagree with this law, then consider writing to your MP. > A > web page has been set up at 38 Degrees (with support from the Open Rights > Group) to make this a fairly easy task. > > See http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extremeinternetl. > > I apologise if this message strays too far into politics, but I see this > as a > problem of justice, not politics. AIUI, this law will share quite a few > features with the DMCA in the US, not least the power placed into the > hands of > the content providers; the very people who have the most to gain by > abusing > it! > > -- > Terry Coles > 64 bit computing with Kubuntu Linux > > > -- > Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 > http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 > Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset > List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
