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.
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 [...]
Charles Dunstone, the chief executive of Carphone Warehouse, has said he could be prepared to fight the Government in court should the anti-piracy clauses of the Digital Economy Bill become legislation.
Speaking to The Telegraph, Mr Dunstone, whose company owns and operates the internet and telephony provider TalkTalk, said he refused to send his customers [...]
‘Robin Hood’ developers will neuter Bill with new applications and tools
The Digital Economy Bill will have precisely the opposite of its desired effect. The Bill will ignite the development of tools that make it easier for people to access music, films and other copyright-protected material for free and undetected, defeating any attempt to protect copyright.
That [...]
The reverberations from Bono’s sermon about filesharing earlier in the month continue to be felt. Following our own broadside (interpretted by some as a bitchslap) and a whole host of bloggers and Twitter users airing their views on the U2 frontman, a music entrepreneur has written a guest opinion piece on The Register that shows [...]
By Charles Dunstone, featured today as the Daily Mail’s Monday View.
The Digital Economy Bill is one of the few pieces of legislation the government is actively pushing through parliament before an election is called.
Its aim is to build Britain’s telecommunications backbone and to pave the way for a world-beating digital economy – an admirable objective [...]
A computer programmer who ran one of the world’s biggest pirate music websites from his bedroom was cleared of defrauding thousands of pounds from artists yesterday, writes Murray Wardrop for the Telegraph.
Alan Ellis, 26, was accused of “ripping off” record labels and musicians on a “large scale” by running Oink, a music file sharing website he [...]
