Digital Economy Bill Demonstration

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Dan Wentworth

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Mar 10, 2010, 6:22:11 AM3/10/10

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A demonstration is being held in London by the Open Rights Group against
the Digital Economy Bill, I thought it might be a suitable day out for
BUNIX.

The demo will be held on Wednesday 24th March, Opposite Parliament at
17:30. The demonstration itself is expected to last a couple of hours,
followed by a pint or two at The Red Lion pub. If you're interested in
attending the demonstration then reply to this thread, if we take a full
car to Richmond, then get the Overground in from there then the travel
costs shouldn't be too high.

More details on the demonstration can be found here:
http://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/disconnection

More details about why you should be worried about the Digital Economy
bill can be found here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/feb/12/digital-economy-bill-internet

However, since that article was written, things have got worse, the
clause that stated that Ministers could reform copyright law at will
(pretty bad) has been replaced with one which states that websites can
be added to a country-wide blacklist at will. This will be similar to
the existing Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) blacklist, which nearly all
ISPs subscribe to (Zen are one of the few that do not) More information
can be found here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8549112.stm

If you can't make the demonstration, then please consider writing to
your MP
(http://www.openrightsgroup.org/campaigns/disconnection/adopt-your-mp)
or join the Open Rights Group as a supporter
(http://www.openrightsgroup.org/join).