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I cannot find much about this bill but it smells of a law being instituted for political reasons to keep the status quo as opposed to required to promote economic growth for the majority http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/nov/23/editorial-digital-economy-bill seems to summarise its objectives More recent commentary after some changes http://www.itproportal.com/portal/news/article/2010/3/5/digital-economy-bill-may-be-pushed-through-parliament-may/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/mar/05/digital-economy-bill-pushed-through One of the most contentious parts of the controversial digital economy bill was voted down by the House of Lords â only to be replaced by a clause that campaigners say is even more draconian. The Liberal Democrats forced through a surprise amendment to the bill's notorious clause 17. Instead of new powers that threatened sweeping alterations to British copyright law, the Lib Dems added a clause that gives a high court judge the right to issue an injunction against a website accused of hosting a "substantial" amount of copyright-infringing material, potentially forcing the entire site offline. .... One senior industry source said: "The government deserves credit for pushing through a proposal that is not a votewinner. They recognise that the creative industries are a huge asset for the country." The Conservatives have said they will torpedo the bill unless the government reverses a bid to push through "independently financed news consortia", which will make regional news to be shown on ITV1, and ministers are likely to have to drop these provisions from the bill if they want to get the rest of it on to the statute book -- Henry Photocopies or faxes of my signature are not binding. This email has been signed with an electronic signature in accordance with subsection 7(3) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000. Digital Key Signature: GPG RSA 0xFB447AA1 Sun Mar 7 06:45:12 GMT 2010
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