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Given the background to this, and how bad this could have gone I could not have been more happy. This is years late and completely lacking in teeth. I proteste

by ElliotH 12y ago

Given the background to this, and how bad this could have gone I could not have been more happy. This is years late and completely lacking in teeth. I protested in the streets of London when the digital economy act came through, and I am so glad that despite it passing, this is as far as it got.

Fuxy 12y ago
Don't celebrate just yet it may be lacking teeth at the moment but it gets their foot in the door so they can "adjust" it later. Just look at the NSA as a good example of an organization that steadily amassed power over time. I expect this to happen in about 3 years when the copyright holders decide it's not working (doubt anybody would actually double check) and they start making noise to give it more teeth. Lesson: Encrypt all the things.
- ElliotH 12y ago
  I take victories where I can find them. (Not giving up the fight though) It helps that the ISP seem to on the whole not want to cut peoples internet off, it is rather bad for business.
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- DanBC 12y ago
  England already has blocking for sites that distribute images of child sexual abuse and for sites that distribute pirate content (or that distribute torrents for that content). These systems are separate and distinct. Images of child sexual abuse are handled by the Internet Watch Foundation. Pirate sites are handled by a court process. I don't know if there is any scrutiny of the IWF, or if anyone has ever published a list of things they have blocked. And researching that list is legally problematic in the UK - if you're given a list of sites blocked by IWF how can you confirm that they were righfully blocked apart from by visiting those sites? This is not to say that I agree with the way the UK does things. I especially do not like the amount of power that rights holders appear to have under UK law.

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Given the background to this, and how bad this could have gone I could not have been more happy. This is years late and completely lacking in teeth. I proteste

by ElliotH 12y ago

Fuxy 12y ago
Don't celebrate just yet it may be lacking teeth at the moment but it gets their foot in the door so they can "adjust" it later. Just look at the NSA as a good example of an organization that steadily amassed power over time. I expect this to happen in about 3 years when the copyright holders decide it's not working (doubt anybody would actually double check) and they start making noise to give it more teeth. Lesson: Encrypt all the things.
- ElliotH 12y ago
  I take victories where I can find them. (Not giving up the fight though) It helps that the ISP seem to on the whole not want to cut peoples internet off, it is rather bad for business.
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- DanBC 12y ago
  England already has blocking for sites that distribute images of child sexual abuse and for sites that distribute pirate content (or that distribute torrents for that content). These systems are separate and distinct. Images of child sexual abuse are handled by the Internet Watch Foundation. Pirate sites are handled by a court process. I don't know if there is any scrutiny of the IWF, or if anyone has ever published a list of things they have blocked. And researching that list is legally problematic in the UK - if you're given a list of sites blocked by IWF how can you confirm that they were righfully blocked apart from by visiting those sites? This is not to say that I agree with the way the UK does things. I especially do not like the amount of power that rights holders appear to have under UK law.