Peter Mandelson, the Secretary of State for Business, and the Digital Britain Forum have both responded to concerns over the governments tougher stance against illegal UK broadband file sharing. The move follows Mandelsons attempt to get the highly controversial 'cut-off illegal downloaders from their ISP' measure added back into the Digital Britain report, which had previously ruled it out.
The changes occurred without any prior consultation and also included some equally controversial new ideas for how the system could be politicised and managed (here). Naturally ISPs and consumers groups were quick to respond with a common dismay (here).
Being a bank holiday we do not have the time to write a full lowdown on what Mandy and the DBF have said, although suffice to say that both can be read by following the links below. Expect the usual political spin that softly paints over any contentious elements:
The changes occurred without any prior consultation and also included some equally controversial new ideas for how the system could be politicised and managed (here). Naturally ISPs and consumers groups were quick to respond with a common dismay (here).
Being a bank holiday we do not have the time to write a full lowdown on what Mandy and the DBF have said, although suffice to say that both can be read by following the links below. Expect the usual political spin that softly paints over any contentious elements:
Peter Mandelsons Comments in The TimesNeither of the responses appear to tackle the inherent unreliability with the evidence that disconnection would be based off nor the legal/fairness problems involved.
The Digital Britain Forum Response
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cyberdoylePosted: 29 August, 2009 - 8:26 AM
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The whole thing is a shambles. The digitalbritain team should be concentrating on getting next gen access sorted out, not dealing with a problem which greedy media moguls have created. We are currently surfing in the global slow lane. We need to ramp up the infrastructure and light the fibre to the people. Mandleson should listen to the people, not a few fatcats. The media don't even pass on the money they make to the artists, it all goes into the bloated circus that rips off our kids to perpetuate it.
AgrajagPosted: 29 August, 2009 - 1:28 PM
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From the Digital Britian forum:
However we realise that it is possible for mistakes to occur or for people to have their wireless connection hi-jacked. We will set up an appeals mechanism so that the consumer has an easy appeals route at each stage.
For technical measures (including possible account suspension), it is even more important to have an independent quick and easy route of appeal given the impact imposing such measures might have.
So it's "guilty until proven innocent". How exactly does someone prove that their wireless connection has been compromised?
timelessPosted: 29 August, 2009 - 9:20 PM
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short of having your computer forensically searched.. nothing...
Carrot63Posted: 30 August, 2009 - 3:25 PM
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@cyberdoyle - I couldn't agree more.Mandy etc are simply picking on the easy "hot topic" targets they can actually hit, rather than tackling the genuinely pressing issues that need a little more thought. The 12 year habit of listening to every sweet nothing whispered by business seems to have rendered them incapable of any independent thinking.
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