In its response to the House of Lords Merits of Statutory Instruments Committee (no, I hadn’t heard of it before) assessment of the Cost Sharing Statutory Instrument, the Government has confirmed that it remains aware of the problems of fitting libraries and other wifi providers into the Digital Economy Act 2010. Their response 11 states:
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The Government today published their Protection of Freedoms Bill, which contains changes to regulation in various different areas.
Most relevant to education networks is the previously announced change (Part 2 Chapter 2) that will require Local Authorities to seek judicial approval for any notices issued or renewed under section 22 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers [...]
Parliament’s Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee is carrying out an enquiry into the Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Online and, in particular, the effectiveness and proportionality of the Digital Economy Act 2010. Since the Act isn’t yet in operation – we are still awaiting the publication of the Implementation Code by Ofcom – it’s [...]
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has today announced that Ofcom will be asked to review the practicality of the provisions in section 17 of the Digital Economy Act 2010 that might in future allow courts to order blocking of infringing sites.
In our responses to previous consultations on the Act we have expressed concern [...]