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[p2pnet news] p2pnet news » Blog Archive » UK 3 strikes debate: 'value of ...: The story has Lucas saying warnings should include “full details of a subscriber’s right to appeal, and of where information on how to appeal may be found,” also pointing out Lord Clement-Jones wants included “advice about how to respond to the notification if the subscriber believes it to be based on an error of fact, wrong in law or unreasonable”.

[Magna Carta Plus News] Magna Carta Plus News » More on the Digital Economy Bill: Copyright owners can make such reports to ISPs if it appears to them that the subscriber to an internet access service has infringed copyright or if the subscriber allowed such infringement to occur. This may have implications for internet cafes, people providing anonymous access to the internet and anyone who provides public access to wi-fi, since they may be deemed to be “allowing”

[Department for Business, Innovation and Skills] A world class Digital Economy for Britain - News : NDS: Published jointly by the Department for Business and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the Bill aims to support growth in the creative and digital sectors and includes measures aimed at tackling widespread online infringement of creative copyright, such as peer-to-peer file-sharing. 

[paidContent:UK] Digital Economy Bill: Most Lords Support It, But Excessive Powers ...: —Lord Lucas (Con): Questioned giving govt power to manage failing domain name registrars, wants an amendment guaranteeing 15MHz radio spectrum for emergency services, opposes disconnections and “please can we vote against clause 17?” “This bill has to be very careful to look after the proper interests of citizens.

[TechnoLlama] Debating the Digital Economy Bill: Exercise in futility? « TechnoLlama: The only reason why Wolverine had an atrocious drop at the box office has nothing to do with the fact that it was made available online, and everything to do with the small and insignificant detail that it was a steaming pile of post-digestive refuse. When is the industry going to stop blaming piracy for its own lack of quality?

[trefor.net] Canadian Recording Industry sued in $6Bn class action by musicians ...: If it was it would make a mockery of the attempts of the Music Industry here to drive through the Digital Economy Bill which seeks to cut off the internet connections of people involved in copyright infringement (or “illegal music downloading”).

[EFF.org Updates] Senator Bayh Responds on ACTA | Electronic Frontier Foundation: Leaked documents indicate that ACTA may require Online Service Providers to adopt policies that undermine the level of protection they currently have in the U.S. against liability for things done by Internet users using their networks. And since ACTA intends to set new global norms, it is likely to increase Internet intermediary liability worldwide, damaging the future growth of the digital technology industry in the US and beyond at the behest of the entertainment industry.

[Lords of the Blog] Digital Economy Bill « Lords of the Blog: However much good work is done to improve the image of the Lords, Lord Mandelson is single-handedly undoing it. The House could redeem itself by amending the Bill to remove the clauses that introduce draconian measures confer Lord Mandelson and his successors with new law-making powers for which they can not be held to account.

[Lean Blog] Nice Toyota "Root Cause" Problem Solving Example in USA Today ...: Why is it that the most superficial kaizen ”” optimizing inventory of office .But Toyota still ended up with as much as 120 days of inventory on some models ”” and this was long before the economic meltdown occurred.

[Michael Geist Blog] Michael Geist - The Copyright Consultation: My Submission: It matters because I am a parent whose children have only known life with the Internet and I want to ensure that they experience all the digital world has to offer. It matters because I live in a city with a strong connection to the digital economy and we need forward-looking laws to allow the next generation of companies to thrive. 

[Massively] What compromises would you make to reduce Second Life copyright ...: I would also make the huge sacrifice (not to me, though) of having LL make third party viewer developers give their RL information and be on file, as well as issuing a key to each approved viewer that must be in place for the viewer to connect to the grid. Any changes, aka, recompiles, and the viewer needs a new key.

[Lean Blog] Lean at Ariens - Cost *and* Value ”” Lean Blog: Since prices (on the customer side or supplier side) are driven by economics, companies can’t just raise their prices willy-nilly. Companies must work to reduce costs in other areas, through operational efficiency, to make up for raw material cost increases.

[p2pnet news] p2pnet news » Blog Archive » 'Three strikes' Mandelson to Indiana ...: We committed in the interim Digital Britain report to consult on the detail of the legislative proposals and this sonsultation was issued on 16 June.  Following this, concern was expressed at the length of time it would take to implement these measures- or indeed move to technical measures.  We therefore decided to modify these proposals and issued a statement on 25 August explaining our thinking. The consultation on these proposals closed on 29 September.  We are in the process of analyzing all the responses received and intend to issue a summary along with the Government’s top-level response in November.  I hope your constituent was able to contribute to the debate.

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