Several members of the House of Lords criticize “extraordinary degree of lobbying” by copyright holders to get “three-strikes” legislation passed as quickly as possible, but the MPs warn it’ll only mean years of trying to the fix “deficiencies of the present bill.”
The UK govt’s controversial plans to disconnect file-sharers from the Internet is coming under increasing fire from members of the House of Lords, due in part, it seems, to claims of a concerted effort by copyright holders to hurry the Digital Economy Bill’s passage into law.
Lord Puttnam is one of the critics, angry that some would even consider hurrying to enact such sweeping legislation without proper debate, and notes that a poorly written bill will just mean they’ll wind up having to revisit the “deficiencies of the present bill” in the future.
“What will end up leaving this chamber… and going to the Commons is a bill that none of us is particularly proud of,” said Lord Puttnam. “It will be a spatchcock that does part of the work it was intended to do but not all of it.”
He also spoke of an “extraordinary degree of lobbying” by copyright holders eager to see the law take effect.
Lord Young, the same individual responsible for recent govt plans to outlaw open Wi-Fi, is also raising eyebrows over declaring his intent not to submit the bill to the Office of the Information Commissioner, the country’s independent authority on data privacy, despite the fact that it contains some serious new govt forays into the personal information of the online public.
Why? It would take too much time, as though illegal file-sharing had become an imminent danger to the safety and security of the free world.
“Formally requiring the information commissioner to approve the code is not necessary and could add significantly to the time for the approval process,” said Young.
I guess he hasn’t read the latest study by Will Page, the Chief Economist for PRS for Music, a UK-based royalty collecting group for music writers, composers, and publishers, who concluded last July that total music industry revenues are up 4.7% since 2007.
Combined with today’s news that another amendment already proposed to the bill would force ISPs to proactively block websites accused of copyright infringement, online freedom in the UK appears to be on the verge of some very serious changes.
Stay tuned.
For those who may doubt my ‘Communications Platforms High Capacity Super Controller program exists. Just Download Proof document from BT’s Head of Design and build Mr Mike Tilley. Here’s the link: http://tinyurl.com/ycsgu49
Signed Carl Barron
Systems Inventor Designer and Programs Formalist
For a businessman, you talk a lot of shit.
UK Digital Economy Bill could kill off many businesses
If anyone should complain as to ‘Copyright Infringement’ it should perhaps be me. As after releasing the Formula for ‘Worlds First Communications Platforms High Capacity Super Controller’ under strictly controlled contracts to BT in 1995 I am informed it is allegedly being used under the name of A.N.P.D.S. in breach of agreements in the MoD.
Why would BT scale down its operations and go down with debts allegedly of 32 Billion when they could have had ‘Global High Capacity Control of Global Networks’?
A typical example of loss are these three master pieces of movie photography Corfe Triplet: Second Movement (Corfe Castle & Village) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DjypRGVX6E combined with it’s of Classical Music sound track is one of the Greatest losses in its field. Why EMI have allegedly protested about the use of their Music without seeing the enormous potential there is in signing agreed contracts between the ‘Movie Maker’ and them beggars belief.
Signed Carl Barron Chairman of agpcuk
Saying things against the government? Turn off they´re website for copyright infrigiment. They used copyight protected images and source code. Time to hit the streets. We cannot let the cyberspace be entirely changed on the interests of copyright owners.