Anti-P2P politician UK government ‘TV face’
p2pnet news view Music | P2P | Politics:- Peter Mandelson, the man responsible for giving the ailing and failing British Labour government one of its blackest black eyes, is to become its public face.
Pictured on the right after a discussion with environmentalists, he’s the front man for Big Music and Hollywood plans to use their Three Strikes and you’re Gone scheme to gain control of online product and content distribution by turning governments into copyright agents, the bill footed by local taxpayers, and ISPs into enforcers, acting against their own clients.
In the process, one of his most outstanding achievements has been to pit members of a new independent music coalition against their fans, the people who keep them and their music alive.
Said Mandelson in a letter to Indiana Gregg, recently »»»
We propose to legislate to ensure that consumers whose broadband account has been identified in connection with alleged copyright infringement would be alerted by letter. This would set out the legal position but also provide pointers for help and information on, for example, how to protect wireless networks properly, where to find legal sources and routes of appeal. This letter would come from the Internet Service Providers (ISP) concerned, not a law firm. This should help address many concerns about individuals being wrongly identified, not having the correct information or indeed feeling pressured by the threat of legal action.
For those individuals who choose to ignore the letter, they will receive a number of further warnings before they are ultimately addd to a list of those subscribers most frequently alleged to have breached copyright. Rights holders will be able to use a court order to obtain the details of these individuals and then take targeted legal action as appropriate. This should ensure that individuals have ample opportunity to change their behaviour, take appropriate action to, for example, secure their wireless connection or indeed appeal. It would also mean that only those who chose to ignore the warnings and who appeared to continue to infringe copyright on a large scale would face legal action.
In a strange and dangerous (for Featured Artists’ Coalition members) reversal, the plan, the UK component of a carefully orchestrated global project, is now also supported by the FAC.
And in a comment post on artists-to-fans-to-artists site a2f2a.com, “It`s a front to weave in a new set of laws which will ultimately lead to legislation towards the personal ID system and `internet passports`,” says Gregg, adding:
“And although half the web thought I was a little crazy last year for mentioning it, here we have Kaspersky`s point of view only a year later: http://www.zdnetasia.com/insight/security/0,39044829,62058697,00.htm?tag=mncol;txt.”
Now, “Lord Mandelson will become the ‘public face’ of the government by giving regular televised press conferences as it tries to sharpen its message in the run-up to the general election,” says The Independent, going on:
“The Business Secretary is expected to answer journalists’ questions on camera once a week following a review announced yesterday of the way the Westminster lobby system works.”
In what has to be at least a partial explanation for his continuing blunders, as well as becoming unofficial ‘Minister for Information’ and heading the department for business, he’s an adviser to Gordon Brown, “and sits on 35 Cabinet committees.”
Thirty-five committes?
No need to stay tuned.
Jon Newton – p2pnet
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Indiana Gregg – `Three strikes` Mandelson to Indiana Gregg, November 9, 2009
carefully orchestrated global project – Three strikes world-wide, and a global DMCA, November 4, 2009
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November 16th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Of interest Speaking to a national newspaper, Lord Mandelson said: ‘I am thrilled once again to be honoured by the people of Hartlepool.’
‘âThis was not a good day for democracy or for the people of Hartlepool, but that is what you expect from the Labour group.’
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/4740890.Row_over____secret____move_to_honour_Peter_Mandelson/
November 16th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Peter Mandelson will not survive very long.
November 16th, 2009 at 3:21 pm
Peter Mandelson is a Lord. He’ll be sticking his quizling nose into UK politics for years to come I’m very sad to say.
Don’t forget. He wasn’t voted in, no more than the UK Prime Minister was voted in. Or the CEO of Britain as I prefer to call the role.