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Jeke
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Joined: Sat Dec 26, 2009 9:16 am Posts: 3 Location: England
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 Digital Economy Act
Incase you haven't heard yet, this new bill got passed not too long ago in the UK. It won't go into effect until June 12. But basically the bill states that;
The government is allowed to view your internet viewing history if you repeatedly infringe on copyright ISPs can disconnect your internet connection without any solid proof nor a court hearing if you're even so much as accused of downloading illegally ISPs will be required to block access to websites that have content that infringes on copyright
I am both worried and not worried at the same time. There is no way this can be effective, if they actually enforce it strictly that's pretty much the entire UK that will be disconnected from the internet.
If whoever that gets elected doesn't repeal this bill, then I'm just going to sit and watch for a couple months after it goes into effect to see how strictly it's enforced.
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| Wed Apr 28, 2010 2:24 pm |
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Gavvie
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Joined: Sun Dec 13, 2009 12:07 am Posts: 22 Location: Grantham, UK
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 Re: Digital Economy Act
To be honest, I'm not sure what this means. I get what the DEBill is trying to do, but surely they'll just be monitoring file sharing sites and the like. Torrent downloading sites shouldn't be blocked, because the torrent files themselves aren't illegal.
Still, as you said, we'll see.
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| Thu May 20, 2010 9:55 pm |
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Sonic_Stream
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Joined: Fri Dec 04, 2009 9:15 pm Posts: 9 Location: Sussex, UK イギリス
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 Re: Digital Economy Act
Cue my usual "down with the government, flip the pigs, etc" rant.
I'm pretty sure that at least 99% of internet activity is immoral. If not questionable, at least.
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| Fri May 21, 2010 1:31 pm |
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FastFeet
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Joined: Fri Dec 04, 2009 3:12 am Posts: 45 Location: Bristol, UK
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 Re: Digital Economy Act
haha I don't think it's quite at 99% mate, either way though I don't like this digital economy bill one bit...
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| Fri May 21, 2010 10:07 pm |
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SJ(SSF)
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Joined: Mon Dec 21, 2009 1:13 am Posts: 5
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 Re: Digital Economy Act
It'll backfire horribly sooner or later
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| Fri May 21, 2010 11:02 pm |
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Stephan262
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Joined: Fri May 21, 2010 3:33 pm Posts: 7 Location: Wolverhampton,UK
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 Re: Digital Economy Act
FastFeet wrote: haha I don't think it's quite at 99% mate, either way though I don't like this digital economy bill one bit... Actually i think it is at 99%, it just depends what you consider "immoral" or "Questionable". As for this "Digital Economy Act" i doubt it will be enforced much.
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