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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
‘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 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 – [...]
TalkTalk has branded U2 windbag Bono’s intervention in the debate over illegal filesharing “outrageous”, after he said efforts to block child pornography showed ISPs should be doing more to protect intellectual property, writes Chris Williams in the Register. You can read Williams’ full analysis on the Register. Meanwhile, our blog post earlier has been reported on [...]
