And thus, it has passed.

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shira

Shinigami
The Digital Economy Bill has now been passed, and frankly it's been pushed through.

Although a student of Law, I can't claim to have fantastic knowledge of the passing of bills through Parliament, however I know, and anyone could clearly see, that this Bill was rushed through tonight.

I was following the last hour of coverage on BBC Parliament, and it seemed only the Lib Dems who shown any opposition to this bill.

So there it is- it's through. What are your thoughts? Will this affect your downloading habits?

An interesting point to make is that one of the clauses states; "The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision about the granting by a court of a blocking injunction in respect of a location on the internet which the court is satisfied has been, is being or is likely to be used for or in connection with an activity that infringes copyright."

I draw attention here to emboldened part. "Is likely". Does this not infringe the basic principle, that I might add, our legal system has advocated for years, that one is "Innocent until proven guilty".

This act is frankly ludicrous. Although they are tiresome to read, I think I shall be looking to get a copy of this to read myself.

For those who want quite in-depth coverage, The Guardian was doing a Live-Blog of it, Here.

The BBC also have an interesting article posted 45 minutes ago, Here.
 
doesn't a bill have to be passed through several times with revisions before it can actually be enforced?

but anyway, i personally think this is borderline infringing human rights, we're supposed to be a liberal country folks!
 
memorium said:
doesn't a bill have to be passed through several times with revisions before it can actually be enforced?

but anyway, i personally think this is borderline infringing human rights, we're supposed to be a liberal country folks!
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This was the 3rd reading, thus, it shall receive Royal Ascent on April 10th (I think).

And yes, this Bill infringes 3 Human Rights that I know of. However, it's down to the Judiciary to issue a Declaration of Incompatibility first. Getting that Declaration is the issue here.
 
Let me get this right, they will have the right to moniter our downloads now? Does this include PrOn? if so then i might care, if not then i'm not bothered.

So long as they aren't invading peoples privacy to the point of taking note of IP address' and hunting down the house the computer is connected to OR manually overriding peoples PC's and searching its contents OR cutting peoples internet connections.

@ Ryo: I owe you for that one lol that link made my day :lol:
 
This bill has been mulled around for some time and I'd almost forgotten about it. I beleive they will be taking note of websites we visit as they already knwow what we all search for. This will benefit them in several ways, for example:- Homeland Security and protection from terrorism (an excuse used far too often theses days) and also from marketing.
It's not like the government to want to violate our privacy.... o_O
 
Well, suddenly the story of V for Vendetta springs to mind, especially the speech that Ryo posted in the other thread, and suddenly UK doesn't seem so great anymore. :/
 
Tachi- said:
So long as they aren't invading peoples privacy to the point of taking note of IP address' and hunting down the house the computer is connected to OR manually overriding peoples PC's and searching its contents OR cutting peoples internet connections.
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They will be taking note of IP address', giving your address to the Entertainment Industry and then checking your content to prove you illegally downloaded stuff.

It's unclear, but very possible that they will indeed cut internet connections.
 
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