Who reads The Times these days since Murdoch murdered it? They should be doing what everybody else does and bribing MPs, sorry of course I meant, 'using non-executive directorships to add value', nay 'add BEST value', to government policy indecisions.
And we'll only be saved by an EU ruling - 'cos the entertainment media got more bucks than the ISP/telcos to 'lobby'. It's a sad etc ...... Nico M 2009/9/3 Matt Hammond <[email protected]> > OUTLAW radio has some comments on whether a European law ruling may > "overshadow" this proposal: > > http://www.out-law.com/page-10331 > > > > Matt > > > On Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:29:05 +0100, Glyn Wintle <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Open Rights Group, Which?, talktalk, BT, Consumer Focus and Orange >> responding to the governments plans to disconnect users from the internet >> because some one has _accused_ them of infringing copyright. >> >> http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article6819093.ece >> >> Sir, We agree that the creative industries play an important role in the >> UK and understand the challenge that illegal filesharing presents (letter, >> Sept 1). We do not condone or encourage such activity, but we are concerned >> that the Government’s latest proposals on the "how" to reduce illegal >> filesharing are misconceived and threaten broadband consumers’ rights and >> the development of new attractive services. Experience in other countries >> suggests that pursuing such an approach can result in significant consumer >> resistance. Any new policy must be considered very carefully. >> >> Any decision to move to harsh and punitive measures such as disconnection >> must be genuinely underpinned by rigorous and objective assessment by Ofcom. >> Consumers must be presumed to be innocent unless proven guilty. We must >> avoid an extrajudicial “kangaroo court” process where evidence is not tested >> properly and accused broadband users are denied the right to defend >> themselves against false accusations. Without these protections innocent >> customers will suffer. Any penalty must be proportionate. Disconnecting >> users from the internet would place serious limits on their freedom of >> expression. Usually, constraints to freedom of expression are imposed only >> as the result of custodial sentences, or incitement to racial hatred, or >> libel. The proposal that internet service providers — and by implication >> broadband customers — should pay most of the cost of these measures to >> support the creative industries is grossly unfair since the vast majority of >> consumers do not fileshare illegally. Further, this payment approach would >> discourage content industries from developing new services. >> >> We hope that the Government will consider genuinely consumers’ rights in >> its endeavours to protect the creative industries. >> >> Charles Dunstone, talktalk >> >> Ian Livingston, BT >> >> Jim Killock, Open Rights Group >> >> Ed Mayo, Consumer Focus >> >> Deborah Prince, Which? >> >> Tom Alexander, Orange UK >> >> >> >> - >> Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, >> please visit >> http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. >> Unofficial list archive: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > > > -- > | Matt Hammond > | Research Engineer, FM&T, BBC, Kingswood Warren, Tadworth, Surrey, UK > | http://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/ > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
