Archive for digital economy bill
Modest good news as Government makes modest backdown
From the BBC:
Ministers offer concessions on copyright changes
Ministers have given a concession over what critics claimed were “draconian” powers which would enable them to crack down on online copyright infringement.
A clause in the Digital Economy Bill would have allowed ministers to amend existing laws on online piracy without the need for further legislation.
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Lib Dems move to clip Mandelson’s power over copyright
The Digital Economy Bill currently going through Parliament would give Peter Mandelson huge powers to rewrite the country’s copyright laws in future – and all without much in the way of Parliamentary scrutiny or checks and balances.
But Liberal Democrat peer Tim Clement-Jones has tabled an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill to delete the controversial Clause [...]
