It’s Friday. It’s five o’clock. Here’s a fistful of lists that sum up the LDV week: 5 most-read stories on LDV this week 1. Lord Clement-Jones on the Digital Economy Bill: web blocking amendment (231) by Tim Clement-Jones. 2. Digital Economy Bill: Parliamentarians reply to prospective candidates (44) by Mark Pack. 3. BNP announce Parliamentary Candidate for Buckingham (8)
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 12th Mar 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Jim Killock, Executive Director of the Open Rights Group, writes about the Digital Economy Bill: The Open Rights Group would like to thank the Lib Dems for taking a strong policy stance against the Digital Economy Bill’s disconnection and web blocking proposals. The biggest danger now is that Parliament will not debate or amend the Bill at
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 17th Mar 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
A new web discussion site to encourage an online debate about the Government's vision for a fully digital economy and society was launched yesterday.
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PublicTechnology on 25th Feb 2009 (via publictechnology.net)
The Digital Economy Bill, currently at the report stage in the Lords has caused concern, as Lib Dem peers Lord Razzall and Lord Clement-Jones are seeking an amendment to allow site blocking for copyright infringement. Earlier this week, Open Rights Group posted an appeal for people to write to the peers, asking them to drop the
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 3rd Mar 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
The Digital Economy Bill has become one of the most heavily debated topics on this site. Posts related to it often generate a large number of comments, but today’s have done far more than that. A bit of background first for anyone new to the story or catching up on it. The Digital Economy Bill has
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 4th Mar 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
Last week we reported that, following the concessions forced on the government, Don Foster MP is broadly happy with the Digital Economy Bill’s proposals on illicit downloads. Jim Killock of the The Open Rights Group has a different take on the situation: The Digital Economy Bill should be opposed by Liberal Democrats. Mandelson’s Bill seeks to reduce illicit
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 10th Feb 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
So despite conference taking our peers out for a friendly word in their shell-like, it seems the Digital Economy Bill has successfully cleared the hurdles in the House of Lords. Some industry experts are relying on the bill passing simply because it runs out of time, the MPs fail to scrutinize it, and it gets through
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 16th Mar 2010 (via libdemvoice.org)
The government's flagship digital economy bill faces further obstacles to pass through parliament before the election after one of the ministers responsible steps down
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FT on 3rd Feb 2010 (via traxfer.ft.com)
The Digital Economy Bill has been passed following its third reading in the House of Commons, after two hours of debate.
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Telegraph on 8th Apr 2010 (via telegraph.co.uk)
Good old Tom. and Bill Thompson, who is characteristically measured in his assessment of the new world of the web and it’s influence on the political realm.
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TomWatson on 4th Nov 2008 (via tom-watson.co.uk)
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The public whip tells us that the parties voted the following ways on the Digital Economy Bill. Astonishing that just nine Tory MPs (less than one in twenty) bothered to vote on such controversial legislation.
