Corporate 3 Strikes scam to be law in UK
p2pnet view P2P | Politics:- Hollywood and Big music are patting themselves on the back for what may be the successul passing of a cartel-inspired UK bill no one, except UK government representatives of the entertainment industry and the entertainment industry itself, wants.
“The government deserves credit for pushing through a proposal that is not a votewinner”, the Guardian has a ’senior industry source’ saying.
“They recognise that the creative industries are a huge asset for the country.”
The ’source’ sounds like Geoff Taylor, mouthperson for Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music’s BPI (British Phonographic Industry).
“The digital economy bill will become law before Parliament is dissolved at the beginning of April ahead of a likely general election in May, senior media industry figures believe”, says the story, continuing >>>
That will usher in controversial laws enabling rights owners to cut off or restrict internet access for users who download films and music illegally.
The bill contains measures designed to combat piracy. If it becomes law it will compel internet service providers … to pass on information about persistent offenders to rights holders.
It is currently in the House of Lords and about to get its third reading …
One of the “most contentious” elements was voted down by the Lords “only to be replaced by a clause that campaigners say is even more draconian”, says the story.
It’s referring to a Liberal Democrat amendment to the bill’s notorious clause 17.
“Lib Dem peers are seeking to amend the Digital Economy Bill to allow site blocking for copyright infringement”, p2pnet quoted Open Rights Group’s Jim Killock as saying last Thursday, going on:
“This could lead to unwanted blocking of sites accused of copyright infringement, including sites like Youtube, and a massive chilling effect as any site with user generated content could easily fall foul of provisions like this.”
ISPA (Internet Service Providers Association) said it was “outraged” by the House of Lords decision to approve Amendment 120A which would allow the High Court to grant an injunction calling for ISPs to block sites with a “substantial proportion” of content alleged to infringe copyrights.
“This would open the door to a massive imbalance of power in favour of large copyright holding companies,” Killock warned in the Telegraph.
Individuals and small businesses “would be open to massive ‘copyright attacks’ that could shut them down, just by the threat of action”, he states.
It “continues to boggle the mind how a group of venal and corrupt commercial operations are able to control the mainstream media and a number of weak-kneed federal government in their concerted efforts to gain control of the Internet as their exclusive marketing and distribution vehicle, using spurrious claims that they’re being ‘devastated’ as the lever”, said p2pnet recently, adding:
“Corporate entertainment industry three strikes ‘actions’ are taking place in various countries around the world. And yet as far as one can see, no major print media news outlet has ever pointed out that far from being individual, isolated ‘initiatives’ on the part of the governments concerned, each Three Strikes proposal is no more than an element in a massive international campaign.
“With the lamescream press corpse as their willing helpers, Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music and Disney, News Corp, Time Warner, Viacom, NBC Universal and Sony Pictures tout their self-interest ‘copyright protection’ schemes as though they’re of any benefit to anyone but themselves.”
Says the Guardian:
“After the Lords, the bill will then go the House of Commons in a fortnight’s time. If it proceeds to its second reading by early April, when an election is widely expected to be called, it could enter the statute book before parliament rises.”
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Guardian – Digital economy bill likely to be pushed through before election, March 5, 2010
p2pnet – ISPs ‘outraged’ over new copyright threat, March 4, 2010
Open Rights Group – Lib Dems seek web blocking: ask them to stop, March 2, 2010
ISPA – ISPA Outraged by Amendment on Network Level Blocking to Digital Economy Bill, March 3, 2010
Telegraph – YouTube ‘under threat’ from Digital Economy Bill changes, March 4, 2010
p2pnet – ‘Mandy’ Mandelson: official UK copyright cop, February 24, 2010
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March 8th, 2010 at 1:11 pm
The silver lining of the Digital Economy Bill, if enacted and enthusiastically exploited (as it would be), is that it could foment popular revolt, and thus bring forward copyright’s imminent abolition. The downside risk is that it will instead bring about the taxation of the Internet.
It is unfortunate that a heck of a lot of fundamentally innocent people are going to suffer before either of these two eventualities occurs, but it seems that academic argument doesn’t add up even to a fraction of the persuasion that the wealthy lobbying corporations can muster. It looks as if we’re going to have to go through the phase of large numbers of households being disconnected, websites being censored, wifi being disabled, and probably even more bankruptcies of people who find themselves in the wrong part of the barrel when the cartel’s shotgun is fired at them.
It’s what is known as an ‘interesting time’.
March 8th, 2010 at 2:41 pm
@ Crosbie:
You’re correct. That rasping, whining noise you hear is the old machinery disintegrating. And it isn’t only copyright that’ll disintegrate with it.
Cheers!
March 8th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
FFS, im sick of this shit-head Darth Mandy (aka, the man who has never sent an e-mail), sticking his stupid nose in to things that he doesn’t even understand, and totally never listens to the people who (well, never voted HIM in), but voted them other Labour Party gob-shites in.
its a bloodu wonder how the uk is that FUCKED UP, that they cant even put 2 and 2 together. why the hell dont they just get the ISPs and some computer experts in and sort some of this mess out, and make for the so-called politicians to create laws that will protect them instead of actually criminlise-ing them, for what, so to protect a corporation profits.
sorta makes me wonder in todays age that – money is worth a hell of a lot more than one innocent persons rights and health. these FUCKERS have actually criminalised innocent because i know people who would hack innocent wireless so that they wont be caught. (Politics, Bearuaciticy(if spelt properly), New-World Order, Capitalism = Fuck the LITTLE PEOPLE, LOVE THE MONEY).
gets to the point, who u start to wonder who ur gonna be shacked up in a cell with, (Well, i for one hope it aint gonna be Mandy, cause he AIN’T getting near my ass, he fucked us over 3-times now, and their aint gonna be a physical 4th).
AAAAAGGGGGHHHHHHHHH FUCK, i’m so fucking pissed off that i……
(P.s. sori, for cursing, but so pissed off here)
March 8th, 2010 at 6:09 pm
also, wondering what Geffen promised/offered/given him on the boat for his services, other that a late cloudless starry night candlelight meal and a stay-over on his boat??????????? (well, one has to wonder *scratches head*
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March 8th, 2010 at 6:50 pm
@ tiz:
“(P.s. sori, for cursing, but so pissed off here)”
The cartels tend to have that effect on people.
Cheers!