Digital economy bill
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The bill has only just been proposed - write to your MP to oppose it.
Rather than actually propose measures that could stimulate a vibrant digital economy, the bill tries to sure up old media-led corporations by offering them a kind of protection; trying to scare the UK population into changing their download habits.
If it passes, it's going to be very bad. The bill proposes a series of very vague powers, which will allow people to be presumed guilty without need for a court case. As everyone knows, civil liberties in the UK have been steadily eroded under the labour government - mainly under the guise of 'terrorism threat'. This would just be another example... the sad thing is, once a these liberties have been taken there's not much chance of getting them back. Personally, I don't want to live in some bastardised 1984-type police state.
There should actually be a free debate about whether it's actually right or fair to sell digital copies of media ad-finitum. I think part of the reason some people copy files freely is because they realise that the cost involved in distributing the files is nil, and if the media conglomerates get their way they'd collect payment continually without limit. Logically it isn't fair and doesn't make sense.
This is an example of the government stepping in and exercising a protection racket on behalf of big-business - if they get their way, who knows what they'll try to do next.
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