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 [...]
the repercussions of an innocent on the net
A song for the Media Barons and their Sheriffs in high places, and a warning to British MPs that they must defend us against a bad law, or suffer the consequences. Magna Carta did not die in vain! Fair shares for all – Digital strangle-holds for none.
A villanelle about the not-so-gradual erosion of our rights, and the horror of political correctness.
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 [...]
I used the Simpsons reel to show how quickly one minor infringment of rights can quickly turn into a freefall of human rights being breached daily, and the consequences that will follow. Don’t end up like Springfield, Petition now (while we still can)!
Just a short poem.
Poem
