I may be ranting on this thing a bit today but it's worth making a fuss about.
RPS have a good run down of just how horrific this bill is and wide reaching it is. The very idea of giving Mandleson and his industry backers unlimited powers with no oversight to do what every they want about file sharing is terrifying.
They have a link to a site that makes it easy to alert your MP about this, hopefully with enough pressure they will back down this bill would cause incalculable damage to the UK internent and it's openness and bearing in mind the original purpose of this was to update our dated internet infrastructure and try and get more people on lower incomes online. As it stands the bill does the reverse because all the monitoring requirements will push the costs of internet connections up to the point that a lot of households will no longer be able to afford the internet.
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Ministers have been accused of a "stitch-up" to pass laws cracking down on digital piracy before the election.
MPs voiced anger at the digital economy bill - aimed at supporting artists' copyright and tackle illegal file-sharing - being rushed into law.
Former minister Tom Watson had argued it would be a "catastrophic disaster" if the bill was passed as constituted.
However, the bill was approved by MPs by a majority of 142 votes and it passed through the Lords on Thursday.
The legislation was one of more than 10 bills being considered by parliamentarians in the "wash-up period" - the remaining time before the legislature is dissolved.
Parliament was prorogued late on Thursday afternoon, meaning any bills that had not been passed would fail to become law.
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