The Digital Economy Bill is coming. The Lords have wasted most of their time wrangling over just how much they should support big business with laws, and now there are only a few days left to debate one of the most regressive laws to come to the parliamentary table. This is what the Government wants, to pass it without contest through the "wash-up" before an election. We must stand up for our righ...
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LiberalConspiracy on 18th Mar 2010 (via liberalconspiracy.org)
Shiraz Maher on Contest 2: Contest 2 continues to focus on violent extremism without considering the wider Islamist infrastructure that inspires and motivates terrorism. In practical terms, this means that Contest 2 is largely a continuation of the policy that preceded it, rather than representing a break with the past. The government is still unwilling to
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HarrysPlace on 4th Apr 2009 (via hurryupharry.org)
The concept of “wash up” has become subject of greater attention just before the last few general elections, but it’s not nearly as special as descriptions make it sound. What happens is that just before Parliament is dissolved for a general election various pieces of legislation are rushed through rather than be lost and have
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LiberalDemocratVoice on 6th Apr 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)
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 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)
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)
The Digital Economy Act (DEA) is to be 'rebooted' before the summer recess, so that it can be brought into force next January. Digital policy expert James Firth explains how the Act is being brought forward by placing it before the European Commission, a process that was overlooked when the Act was passed during the 'wash out' at the end of the last parliament. He also hints at...
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Spectator on 13th Jun 2011 (via spectator.co.uk)
As feared, the Lords did not seek to prevent the passage into law of the badly drafted and ill thought through Digital Bill I spoke about earlier in the week. Only the Lords could have stopped this Bill, given the determination of Labour to use its majority to put it through. Some people seem to
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JohnRedwood on 9th Apr 2010 (via johnredwoodsdiary.com)
The Digital Economy Bill has its second reading in the Commons amid calls for the government to rethink rushing it into law.
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BBCPolitics on 6th Apr 2010 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
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)
