Digital economy Bill #Debill

Well it’s official, it is #Debill day today.

 

Ok well maybe not officially, but if you listen to Radio5 or follow @documentally and listen to his Boo’s, hell even if you keep one eye on politics and believe your rights matter in the digital economy / society then it most definitely IS #debill day today.

 

For those of you who, like me, are not always the best of informed people then let me find some links for you.

 

http://www.openrightsgroup.org well that’ll be the open rights group then

http://bit.ly/cmMZ0r what we do next...

http://bit.ly/4kHGAi a summary of the bill from the government and relevant information

http://bit.ly/cMXUim Guardian on how bill has exposed broken system

 

So first, let’s make some noise. If you are reading this and you are also, lets not say angered but instead, frustrated by the #Debill then here is something to note. The bill is not only about the infringement of rights on citizens when it comes to downloading, it also covers things like forcing Channel 4 to make public service broadcasts open to public; it seems there are some good things in the bill. However you can’t deny that there are some absolute whopping great holes in the theories and technical implementation proposed.

 

Basically, if you value your rights on the internet, you want information to be free and accessible then please make some noise with us., Lets get the word out there, let the media know how appalled we are. Ask you local MP why they voted for the bill if they did, or as I am about to do, why they didn’t show altogether!

 

Shout it out.