[Fsfe-uk] web-censorship amendment proposed

[Glyn Wintle]

The awful UK Digital Economy Bill is being debated in the House of Lords today, 
and it might just get more awful.

An amendment that would open the door to nationally censoring entire websites 
by getting an injunction on claims of copyright infringement -- so YouTube or 
WordPress.com might disappear from the British Internet if someone makes a 
accusation of copyright infringement against them.

http://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/2010/conservatives-and-lib-dems-push-web-blocking

The bill it self contains the disastrous three strikes law where accusations of 
copy right infringement can get you disconnected from the internet, but if the 
lords vote this amendment through it will also allow the shutting down of web 
sites. Please could you spare a few minutes to write to the lords so this 
amendment does not not get moved.

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