A nice article that summarises the latest development in the campaign against the Digital Economy Bill.

Fantasies of flip-flop on filesharers

A rash of reports fantasise today that the government has “dumped” or “abandoned” plans to boot the most persistent illegal filesharers off the internet.

The source of the reports is a sentence in a lengthy response to a petition on the Downing Street website, which reads: “We will not terminate the accounts of infringers – it is very hard to see how this could be deemed proportionate except in the most extreme – and therefore probably criminal – cases.”

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