I’ve been asked by a number of people to set out the current problems that the Digital Economy Bill is likely to create specifically for universities and colleges, so here’s a summary. This reflects the state of the Bill at the end of the Lords’ Report stage, and doesn’t cover more general problems around liability, [...]
Even worse news on the Digital Economy Bill, I’m afraid. A successful amendment (amendment 120A) to the Bill last night has given courts the power to order ISPs to block access to any website where a “substantial proportion of the content” infringes copyright.
In his blog, Lord Clement-Jones, who proposed the amendment, quotes the Internet Watch [...]
The Digital Economy Bill was back on the Agenda in the House of Lords yesterday, this time at the report stage where the Government and other parties propose amendments based on the discussion in the Committee Stage.
There is some good news in that the Government now recognise that a single set of anti-infringement measures cannot [...]
The Government has published a factsheet on the position of universities, libraries and others under the Digital Economy Bill. On how these organisations fit the Bill’s definitions, they conclude:
Without examining the situation for each university and their relationship with JANET, it is not possible to say whether JANET is acting as an ISP or not; [...]