Changes to the Digital Economy Bill Make No Difference, Says Music Industry
A few days ago we reported the creation of a new group, The European Audiovisual Social Dialogue Committee ‘whose purpose,’ we said ‘is to lobby the European Union to reinforce its actions against illegal file sharers.’ This happened just as the controversy of the Digital Economy Bill reached a very high point. Now changes have been made to the clause 17 of the legislation which makes possible the intervention of the Secretary of State to place the copyright law under stricter parameters to increase the efficiency in fighting online piracy. It seems that Business Secretary Lord Mandelson has amended his own clause following the lobbying from major companies like Google whose concerns that they will be targeted pushed for such actions and Lib Dem Lords’ worries that the Secretary has been allowed a much too bigger liberty with too little parliamentary scrutiny.
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Changes to the Digital Economy Bill Make No Difference, Says Music Industry
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