Beginning of the end for the Internet in the UK
November 20, 2009 by Kevin Dillon
Filed under World News
Download Squad November 20, 2009 Often lauded as the ‘CCTV state’ and ‘the most surveilled country in the world’, the UK may soon deliver a killing blow to the Internet as we know it. Cory Doctorow of Boing Boing is reporting some leaked legislation from the UK government that would remove any kind of freedom or privacy that the Internet grants its users. A d v e r t i s e m e n t The proposed amendments to the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act would allow the Secretary of State (or ‘Pirate-Finder General’) to alter the law on an ad-hoc basis without approval by Parliament (the UK’s Senate). Cory goes on to site the potential repercussions of these proposed changes: 1. Immediate remedies for copyright infringement — jail sentences and removal of Internet access can be meted out purely at the discretion of an unelected official (that is most likely under the sway and pay of media …
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