Mutiny in Mansfield: The Digital Economy

From Mansfield blog. http://mutinyinmansfield.wordpress.com/

The latest piece concentrates on the Digital Economy Act.

The Digital Economy. The government's vision of the internet's future. This new legislation has been controversial from the outset. Lobbied for by the Recording Industry in an effort to thwart file-sharing, the Digital Economy Act has far reaching implications.

In particular, clauses 9-18 have been especially controversial, not least because they were rushed through parliament in the dying hours of the last government, late at night, and with little debate. But more importantly because of the effect this new legislation is to have on the internet using public.