I watched Parliament debate the Digital Economy Bill last night with a mixture of horror and incredulity. Given the importance of the Bill and the calls for debate, I couldn't believe how empty the House of Commons was.
It now looks likely that the Digital Economy Bill will pass. Not that it matters. It is doomed to failure. Sweden introduced IPRED - Piracy INCREASED. France introduced HADOPI - Piracy INCREASED. People have even got around the great firewall of China. The Internet is impossible to censor.
I found it hilarous when MPs said one letter would be enough to stop filesharers... The 20,000 letters sent to MPs clearly had little effect on stopping the Digital Economy Bill. I plan to treat any letter I receive from my ISP as a result of the Bill with the same consideration my MP gave mine: Zero.
Also, I just love how during the course of the debate, the cost of piracy rose from £200million to £400million. I've heard of inflation but that's ridiculous. Various MPs kept quoting these outlandish figures and nobody questioned them. Surely anyone with half a brain could see the ridiculousness of these statements? Is it really feasible that despite being in a global recession, the UK collectively has £400 million lying around in spare cash, gathering dust, which we'd be more than happy to spend on Simon Cowell's latest dross if only those dratted P2P services didn't exist?
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It now looks likely that the Digital Economy Bill will pass. Not that it matters. It is doomed to failure. Sweden introduced IPRED - Piracy INCREASED. France introduced HADOPI - Piracy INCREASED. People have even got around the great firewall of China. The Internet is impossible to censor.
I found it hilarous when MPs said one letter would be enough to stop filesharers... The 20,000 letters sent to MPs clearly had little effect on stopping the Digital Economy Bill. I plan to treat any letter I receive from my ISP as a result of the Bill with the same consideration my MP gave mine: Zero.
Also, I just love how during the course of the debate, the cost of piracy rose from £200million to £400million. I've heard of inflation but that's ridiculous. Various MPs kept quoting these outlandish figures and nobody questioned them. Surely anyone with half a brain could see the ridiculousness of these statements? Is it really feasible that despite being in a global recession, the UK collectively has £400 million lying around in spare cash, gathering dust, which we'd be more than happy to spend on Simon Cowell's latest dross if only those dratted P2P services didn't exist?
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