Coalition To Review Digital Economy Act

Coalition To Review Digital Economy Act 
Posted at 12:30PM Wednesday 02 Feb 2011 

Britain's media regulator is to review the practicalities of the controversial Digital Economy Act, which was rushed through parliament by the last government to deal with piracy and copyright infringement. 
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has asked Ofcom to consider how powers designed to block websites used for copyright infringement could actually work. 

http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/31761
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/02/uk-britain-digital-idUKLNE71100W20110202
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/feb/01/ofcom-review-digital-economy-act
'...Peter Bradwell, a campaigner at the lobby organisation Open Rights Group, said: "It's encouraging to see the government listening to people's genuine concerns about the Digital Economy Act...'
'...
But Geoff Taylor, the chief executive of the British Phonographic Industry, the music trade body that lobbied on behalf of the act's anti-piracy measures, said: "The BPI continues to believe that measures to prevent access to illegal websites are essential if Britain's creative and technology sectors are to fulfil their growth potential.

"Many of these websites are located outside the UK and exist solely to profit at the expense of artists and creators, threatening British jobs and investment."...'






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