Thread: Britain's New Draconian "Internet Law"

Way to go ya limeys:

"The British government has brought down its long-awaited Digital Economy Bill, and it's perfectly useless and terrible.

-the "three-strikes" rule that allows your entire family to be cut off from the net if anyone who lives in your house is accused of copyright infringement, without proof or evidence or trial

-£50,000 fines if someone in your house is accused of filesharing.

- A duty on ISPs to spy on all their customers in case they find something that would help the record or film industry sue them (ISPs who refuse to cooperate can be fined £250,000"

Britain's new Internet law -- as bad as everyone's been saying, and worse. Much, much worse.

Burma would be proud,

what is the difference between economic dictatorship and political dictatorship ? they seem to accomplish the same thing at the end

Yep, thats socialists for ya.

The fine folks in the entertainment industry who are no doubt lobbying and therefore paying for this legislation know no borders, so it's just a matter of time before similar or identical measures are taken up elsewhere.

Snatch 'em while ya can folks...

I wont get too worried yet. Some whiz kid will come up with a programme to help us all. Something along the lines of peerguardian maybe.

instead of trying to fix shit what aint broke, they might try and do something useful an relevant. Instead, dream up ever crazier irrelavencies to disguise the fact that they don't know wtf they are doing.
They wonder why the electorate is begging for a change.
Spiteful bitter and twisted communists who want to control our lives in total from cradle to grave.
paliament has no idea how despised it is by the people.

The good news is that Labour will be re-elected next year, the opposition is even worse

Looks like you guys are seriously fucked

Copyright infringement on the internet. Supporting the huge and powerful....once again.

Originally Posted by Butterfly

The good news is that Labour will be re-elected next year, the opposition is even worse

Looks like you guys are seriously fucked

Now that is funny. Its impossible for it to get any worse. Same shit, different day perhaps, but worse, no way. So yea, we are fucked. Tell me something new.

The surveillance society.