p2pnet.net News:- Freenet’s Ian Clarke thinks INDUCE may have unexpected consequences for the UK, as he explains to British home secretary David Blunkett.

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Dear Home Secretary,

It is well known that the United Kingdom is keen to attract well educated people to the UK, particularly those involved in the software industry.

The United States is poised to pass legislation, known as the "Induce Act", which will dramatically increase the risk of innovation in the software industry in the United States. If passed, this legislation is likely to prompt a large number of the United States’ most talented software engineers to consider relocation to another country.

The United Kingdom is well suited to provide an alternate base for these displaced software engineers, where their innovations may benefit the UK’s economy, not to mention the economy of the European Union.

My question is whether the UK government has made sufficient provision for displaced American innovators to migrate here given the hostile environment they may soon face in their own country. It is my belief that the United Kingdom can only benefit from the influx of talented software engineers from the United States, and should minimise any barriers to their migration here.

I await, with much anticipation, your response,

Kind regards,
Ian Clarke

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