A punk-rock bit of crossness on the silliness of assuming guilt without evidence. Made by the Broken Dongles (which, is, um, Liam Mullone and Hils Barker… yes, this is our first, and only song!)… with apologies to Jamie Reid, and the neighbours.
Andrew Heaney, Talk Talk’s director of strategy, was on BBC Radio 4’s ‘You and Yours’ Programme this afternoon to discuss the Digital Economy Bill.
Andrew explained TalkTalk’s views and made clear how the Bill’s proposals will affect consumers’ fundamental rights.
You can listen to the interview here: iPlayer (1:55 in).
If you were listening to Radio 4’s Today programme this morning you might have heard the BPI’s Geoff Taylor discussing the Digital Economy Bill with David Babbs from the campaign organisation 38 Degrees. Of course, Geoff and the BPI are in favour of the Bill, which we have staunchly opposed.
So we were surprised – to [...]
A campaign launched by people-powered action group 38 Degrees to enable people to lobby their MPs about the Digital Economy Bill has already generated 7,000 petitionary emails in two days.
According to 38 Degrees:
“There’s plenty to oppose in the Digital Economy Bill, it gives the government the ability to disconnect millions. Schools, libraries and businesses could [...]
Last night’s Panorama “Are the net police coming for you?” featured Jo Whiley looking at a proposed new law targeting illegal downloaders. Much of the programme focused on the disagreement between the music artists, with the likes of Billy Bragg, Kate Nash and Marillion’s Mark Kelly arguing for a reappraisal of the business models and people [...]
Dan Bull’s song takes you back to the 80s when “home taping was killing music” We all know that the government’s disconnection proposals to deter illegal filesharing are daft and dangerous; and many would agree that the way many people in the music industry have reacted is a little misguided. After all, haven’t we seen [...]
A letter to the Financial Times, signed by Tom Watson, MP, Stephen Fry and technology industry leaders:
Sir, We regret that the House of Lords adopted amendment 120A to the digital economy bill (“Bill will censor internet, providers claim”, March 6). This amendment not only significantly changes the injunctions procedure in the UK but will lead [...]
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 [...]
If you want to know our online future, ask a musician, writes John Naughton in the Observer. Naughton cites an interview David Bowie had with the New York Times eight years ago, where he said: “I don’t even know why I would want to be on a label in a few years because I don’t [...]
Thousands of people have viewed a punk protest song after Stephen Fry raved about it on Twitter.
Only Idiots Assume written by Londoner Liam Mullone and sung by his friend Hils Barker, is a stinging attack on the Government’s plans to disconnect people suspected of watching films and music online without paying for the privilege.
Fry selected [...]
The Digital Economy Bill currently passing through the Committee Stage at the House of Lords is trying to help foster digital innovation and protect the rights of content creators. There has been significant discussion over the legislation, particularly in relation to copyright infringement such as the transfer of files to other people over the Internet [...]
