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Hi John, > How does any of its provisions affect Linux users? Codecs and other tools necessary to play multimedia could become unavailable as Music/Film industry groups threaten your ISP and the sites providing them are blocked without any evidence. > I do not download music if that is the problem. But... you may want to view websites with contraversial content, or rely on journalists to do so for you.. for instance the Telegraphs campaign on MPs expenses, the Trafigura case, or the "Halloween" documents. You may also find that you can no longer access the internet from any of : your own, or your friends house, your library, your work, your local cybercafe, your mobile phone, your wireless internet dongle because others have used or spoofed the ip and been blocked, without necessarily doing anything wrong, as there is no business reason for any ISP to not cave into threats immediately without recourse to the courts. Of course it may not be pure self interest, you might possibly believe that an outdated industry has no place writing laws to give itself or unelected ministers new powers to block, disconnect or censor parts of the internet without due process through parliament, nor due process in court afterwoods. You may also belief that the right to access to education, information and public services online is more important than the rights of an IP owner to unilaterally and disproportionately punish those who they believe may infringe them.. after all we don't have Louis Vitton banning you from holidaying in greece or Tiffany blocking motorways to check that nobody has any fake jewellery, which this law is akin to. regards, A -- Aaron J Trevena, BSc Hons http://www.aarontrevena.co.uk LAMP System Integration, Development and Consulting -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html