Another story, another Bill past restricting our internet access this time in the UK.
THE HOUSE OF LORDS has passed the controversial Digital Economy Bill, amendment inclusive, that imposes on Internet service providers (ISPs) the duty of enforcing copyright protection punishments on filesharing consumers – whether they like it or not.
Through this Bill ISPs will enforce sanctions on subscribers without the need for a court injunction, meaning you might see your broadband subscription messed up in any manner of ways, be it cancelled, capped, bottlenecked, shaped or simply slapped with a discretionary fine for your supposed galivanting. The original text didn’t even consider warning subscribers ahead of any ISP action or court injunction.
