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Digital Economy Bill looks likely to survive

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You may or may not know that a bill of legislation has been rushed through parliament and looks set to become law – known as the Digital Economy Bill.

One of the key points in the bill is that filesharers will face being cut off from the Internet:

  • A person need only be suspected of filesharing to receive a warning letter
  • 3x warning letters and you’re disconnected from the Internet
  • No evidence or proof is required – merely suspicion from a copyright holder
  • Requires ISPs to effectively police their user’s web connections

Where is the sense in ANY of the above? It reads thusly:

  • If you’re not tech-savvy and someone uses your wifi connection to download illegally, you could be cut off
  • Entire businesses could face being offline because of the actions of one person (or the actions of a rogue third-party – see above)
  • Since when has NO evidence been required to take drastic steps that could easily result in a person’s loss of livelihood?
  • What if government computers/connections are suspected of illegal downloads? Will they be cut off like everyone else?

This also opens up a nice new niche of corporate/industrial sabotage: simply ensure someone is caught filesharing using a business’s Internet connection, and get them cut off: no evidence required!

This isn’t open to abuse AT ALL.


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