A sad day for th United Kingdom

kicknhorse · Mar 17, 2010

QUOTE said:
Legislation to tackle internet piracy, including bans for illegal file-sharers, has been passed by the Lords.

The Digital Economy Bill is now expected to be rushed through the Commons before the general election.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8569750.stm

A sad, sad day...

I revert, with suprise, my previous criticism that this would not pass the House of Lords, so my apologies.

Please ignore the spelling mistake in the title - I was in a state of shock and cannot now change it... Maybe a Mod would be so kind?

/b/ · Mar 17, 2010

DarkWay · Mar 17, 2010

FIXED

please learn how to post youtube videos you got the right tags but only the bold part is needed inside the tags
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E

on-topic this completely SUCKS lets hope SOMETHING delays this being passed or stops it altogether

granville · Mar 17, 2010

Yes, sad this may be, but /b/- I can't help but wonder why you think America is safe either. They'll just do it too eventually most likely. That is what you were referring to right? That America was better because it hasn't done the same yet. It's only a matter of time, some cable companies are already lobbying for restrictions on internet file sharers... >_>

yusuo · Mar 17, 2010

oh well goodbye to freedom and choice, hello to dictatorship, i know its only a small start but everything starts off that way. sieg heil

kicknhorse · Mar 17, 2010

granville said:
Yes, sad this may be, but /b/- I can't help but wonder why you think America is safe either. They'll just do it too eventually most likely. That is what you were referring to right? That America was better because it hasn't done the same yet. It's only a matter of time, some cable companies are already lobbying for restrictions on internet file sharers... >_>

Thank you granville. Very nicely said indeed. (typed?). I am sure Americana will have something in the near future, or maybe even worse...

And your right Yusuo, it is almost how all have started. For example, the first government to come up with a smoking ban was the Nazi government - though it was never fully in place.

They are no considering restricting smoking from certain areas on public streets. Which in my opinion is impossible, and one step closer to facism.

syko5150 · Mar 17, 2010

kicknhorse said:
They are no considering restricting smoking from certain areas on public streets. Which in my opinion is impossible, and one step closer to facism.

i know when i was living in California still a lot of cities have banned public smoking and you will get a fat fine if you are caught smoking...

ilovengage · Mar 17, 2010

lol, what do you want to tell us with this video? that you're proud to be an american? proud for what? national pride is one of the most stupid characteristics someone can have (an americans seem to have it a lot ....).

Depravo · Mar 17, 2010

Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. - George Bernard Shaw

Anyway, this thread is about the foolish DEB, not America. Get back on topic. SCHNELL!

kicknhorse · Mar 17, 2010

The only option we have is to riot I think.

But then you saw what happened with the hunting ban, and they still continued...

Also, it is rumoured petrol could hit as much as £2.00 a litre by the end of 2010 (off topic I know, but I thought some might want to know this).

I remember when I was younger and petrol went up, HGV's blocked all the distribution places so no petrol could get anywhere and the government was forced to lower the price. Can we arrange something like this again?

I think that's what happened, but I was really quite young.

Reecey · Mar 17, 2010

Still not going to stop me from doing it, thats as long as Bt Buisness Broadband lets me, hasnt stopped me as yet. Fingers crossed.

Kalics · Mar 17, 2010

I only feel this is going to end up hurting the industry more than helping it. A lot of people download music as a taster then buy the album, if this nazi law comes in to effect then it's only going to hurt artists.

Also what's stopping people going in to mcdonalds / starbucks / other places with free wifi and doing all their downloading there? Nothing really. It just seems a very flawed concept to me.

emigre · Mar 17, 2010

I'm willing to bet there's some problem with the legislation itself, there usually is. I'm alslo wondering how many net providers will actually comply, they arn't naive to think people don't pirate.

I said once and I'll say it again, New labour put their arses in the air to be fucked by big business.

kicknhorse · Mar 17, 2010

emigre said:
I said once and I'll say it again, New labour put their arses in the air to be fucked by big business.

Hear, Hear!

As none of the other main party's are any better. I wonder how a hung parliament would work out? Hah

emigre · Mar 17, 2010

kicknhorse said:
emigre said:

I said once and I'll say it again, New labour put their arses in the air to be fucked by big business.

Click to expand...

Hear, Hear!

As none of the other main party's are any better. I wonder how a hung parliament would work out? Hah

If there is a hung parliament than there's a good chance that nothing will get done. Usually that's a bad thing but considering who we have, I think it might do more good tha harm (except for the pound which will suffer)

Deleted-171178 · Mar 17, 2010

FFFFUUUU....
THIS IS WHY WHEN I'M OLDER I'M MOVING TO JAPAN!

EyeZ · Mar 17, 2010

I guess we will have to wait and see on how well they actually police this, but yes, a sad day indeed!

R2DJ · Mar 17, 2010

kicknhorse said:
They are no considering restricting smoking from certain areas on public streets. Which in my opinion is impossible, and one step closer to facism.

I thought the smoking ban was already imposed? It still failed though, it felt like there was no ban at all...

~De arimasu · Mar 17, 2010

Is there an estimate to how long until this is actually put into effect?

Gonna pirate as much as possible before then xD

BlueStar · Mar 17, 2010

As usual with this kind of shit, for all the talk of going after "downloaders" I would be quite frankly amazed if a single person received even a letter unless they were actually using file sharing P2P methods (ie uploading as well)

So unless you're some kind of pillock who uses torrents and the like, don't worry.

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