Digital Economy... yeah, right
Apr. 8th, 2010 09:34 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lostcarparkI've been following the UK's Digital Economy bill, particularly well tweeted by ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
sirliminal, which has unfortunately been pushed through parliament by spineless MPs, afraid or unwilling to stand up to the music industry. Well done to the few MPs who stood up to their party whips. It has a few more stages to go through before becomming law, so let's hope sense will be seen.
By a strange coincidence I had a call yesterday from Eircom, asking why I'd left them. I told them that I would not be returning as long as they had a unilateral agreement to cut users off at the industry's request, without proper due process. If an ISP will stand up and proclaim "we will only cut people off if order to by a court," then they deserve my business, even if they cost a little more.
sirliminal, which has unfortunately been pushed through parliament by spineless MPs, afraid or unwilling to stand up to the music industry. Well done to the few MPs who stood up to their party whips. It has a few more stages to go through before becomming law, so let's hope sense will be seen.By a strange coincidence I had a call yesterday from Eircom, asking why I'd left them. I told them that I would not be returning as long as they had a unilateral agreement to cut users off at the industry's request, without proper due process. If an ISP will stand up and proclaim "we will only cut people off if order to by a court," then they deserve my business, even if they cost a little more.
