Tag archive for ‘Copyright’
Digital Economy Bill Unconference and Workshops
I’m excited to announce that the Open Rights Group, in association with the GIST foundation, is hosting a free unconference and workshop on the Digital Economy Bill in Sheffield this month: Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 Time: 13:30 – 21:00 Location: The Showroom Café Bar, Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX The Digital Economy Bill will [...]
Has the Digital Economy Bill opened a book on the future of libraries?
I’ve been following debate on the Digital Economy Bill quite closely since it was announced and have written about it here a
My Digital Economy Bill letter to the the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee
Dear Lords and Ladies of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee I’m writing to ask you to represent the voice of UK citizens during the passage through the House of Lords of the Government’s Digital Economy Bill. I am deeply concerned by the measures this Bill would introduce, and given that my MP [...]
Mandelson dooms Britain’s digital economy
Flying in the face of reason, evidence, society, human rights, Europe and the conclusions of its own Digital Britain report, the Government yesterday announced legislation to disconnect from the Internet anyone accused of copyright infringement online. No, that isn’t a typo, you read correctly: accused. Not guilty. Accused. There’s more: today Cory Doctorow claimed on [...]
Whither social networking: Facebook folds over controversial conditions
Facebook caused a stir earlier this week by unilaterally changing their terms of service in a way lots of people didn’t like. On Wednesday they bowed to the pressure