Comments on: Digital Economy Bill Gives Mandelson New Powers http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/digital-economy-bill-gives-mandelson-new-powers-2524 Enhancing business with technology - in association with eweek.com Thu, 24 May 2012 11:10:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Vanessa http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/digital-economy-bill-gives-mandelson-new-powers-2524#comment-8523 Vanessa Sat, 10 Apr 2010 02:56:34 +0000 http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/digital-economy-bill-gives-mandelson-new-powers-2524#comment-8523 Every time Mandelson comes back from a yacht cruise with his buddies (be it Geffen and co or he Russian aluminium oligarch) he seems to make or alter laws that benefit his buddies. This has exposed to the public the flaws in the UK legislative process (when it is poisoned with personal interest and corruption). The sooner they change the laws on lobbying, the better off this country will be. Why didn't we see this rushed through the wash-up: http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/bribery-bill.htm Bet that one terrifies Mandelson. Every time Mandelson comes back from a yacht cruise with his buddies (be it Geffen and co or he Russian aluminium oligarch) he seems to make or alter laws that benefit his buddies.

This has exposed to the public the flaws in the UK legislative process (when it is poisoned with personal interest and corruption). The sooner they change the laws on lobbying, the better off this country will be.

Why didn’t we see this rushed through the wash-up:

http://www.justice.gov.uk/publications/bribery-bill.htm

Bet that one terrifies Mandelson.

]]> By: GJM http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/digital-economy-bill-gives-mandelson-new-powers-2524#comment-320 GJM Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:23:09 +0000 http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/digital-economy-bill-gives-mandelson-new-powers-2524#comment-320 How did someone who is unelected, and previously TWICE disgraced in a most public manner, get to a position of absolute power? The news that this will be passed, with the attendant changes to copyright law, appears to be an attempt to ensure that this legislation cannot be overturned. Hopefully the growing European adoption of a policy that broadband internet access is a right and not a privilege will see Mandelson disgraced again - this time for an infringement of human rights. In the meantime, how will ISPs differentiate between legitimate file-sharing such as downloading Google's Chrome OS, or sharing your own band's music on the web, and the target file-sharers: those who are illegally sharing movies? To do so would surely require monitoring internet connections to an extent amounting to a mass invasion of privacy. How did someone who is unelected, and previously TWICE disgraced in a most public manner, get to a position of absolute power?

The news that this will be passed, with the attendant changes to copyright law, appears to be an attempt to ensure that this legislation cannot be overturned.

Hopefully the growing European adoption of a policy that broadband internet access is a right and not a privilege will see Mandelson disgraced again – this time for an infringement of human rights.

In the meantime, how will ISPs differentiate between legitimate file-sharing such as downloading Google’s Chrome OS, or sharing your own band’s music on the web, and the target file-sharers: those who are illegally sharing movies? To do so would surely require monitoring internet connections to an extent amounting to a mass invasion of privacy.

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