UK members: The Digital Economy Bill - PLEASE take action!

[Gert van Santen]

The Dong schreef:
> Chris Strellis wrote:
>>> Under the Digital Economy Bill, proving you are not guilty is not an
>> acceptable defence.
>> Really, so how's that going to work then?
>> Guilty even though you are innocent - marvellous.
> 
> How it works, is alleged copyright holders e.g. big music or film corp. 
> send your ISP details of their claim and the ISP is supposed to send you 
> a letter, or email, warning you this is the first strike. If the buggers 
> send your ISP another accusation, you will be sent another, more sternly 
> worded letter, or email. On the third time, you are supposed to be cut 
> off the internet and branded unsuitable for any ISP to give you service.
> 
> At no stage is there any mechanism to defend yourself, whether you are 
> the proprietor of an internet coffee shop, or a disabled grandmother 
> with a live-in son who likes listening to music whilst emptying the 
> colostomy bags.
> 
> Abuse item no. 1 is that corporations do get it wrong, or the body they 
> issue with the serving of these notices is performance based. Lo and 
> behold you have corruption akimbo and the poor targeted on a mass witch 
> hunt.
> 
> In reality, many of the ISP's are already saying they will not be 
> cutting anyone off without a direct court/magistrate order, because it 
> is simply dumb business sense to incriminate your customers on the here 
> say of a third party who has no god given right to spy on your 
> activities either in the first place, let alone a court order allowing 
> them to do so.
> 
> Blatant criminal activity used to incriminate people without recourse is 
> a crap law to pass. Even the police are not allowed to do sh1t like that 
> to catch mass murderers.
> 
> So now 'pirates' are worse than career criminals or mass murderers?
> More important a threat to humanity to require changes in law?
> 
> It would seem so...
> 
> I just laugh it all off and ignore such nonsense for the nonsense it is.

Dong for President! ;-)

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