tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post4420892644224981307..comments2024-03-28T16:45:51.051+00:00Comments on The IPKat: "The Digital Economy Bill" - is the consumer footing the bill?Verónica Rodríguez Arguijohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763207846940036921noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-57909367933618828472010-01-03T20:17:55.334+00:002010-01-03T20:17:55.334+00:00I think it's unfair and disproportionate as we...I think it's unfair and disproportionate as well. I pay just under £120 a year for my internet, and would object to paying a further £25 just for someone to check that I wasn't doing anything naughty with it. If the benefit to the entertainment industry is really as big as they claim, then it would seem that there was enough money around for the entertainment industry to pay it all themselves and still rake in a big boost to income.<br /><br />Though the figures do seem a bit suspect anyway. It would cost well under £1 per subscriber to send *all* subscribers a letter telling them (correctly or not) that they were infringing copyright. Why does it apparently cost vastly more than this to only send such letters to a small minority of customers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-42904633840488189352009-12-31T16:47:54.485+00:002009-12-31T16:47:54.485+00:00I work for the Open Rights Group, who are campaign...I work for the Open Rights Group, who are campaigning against the Digital Economy Bill on the basis that it is unfair and disproportionate.<br />We're asking UK citizens to get in touch with their MP and explain to them why the Bill must be stopped, and possibly to meet them at one of their surgeries to discuss the specific problematic points of the Bill in detail.<br /><br />We believe that visits and letters from voters will help change the minds of MPs currently for the proposals; our representatives will then see that people care about their rights and, as their duty is to vote in accordance with constituents' opinions, we hope that they will then oppose the Bill.<br /><br />If you, or your readers, want to know more details about the specific problems picked out by ORG and its supporters, don't know who your MP is, need help with wording a letter or arranging a meeting with them, drop me an email - katie@openrightsgroup.org - and I'll do my best to get you the information you need; all you have to do is the talking.Katie Suttonhttp://www.openrightsgroup.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-85578422123770312932009-12-30T14:54:16.864+00:002009-12-30T14:54:16.864+00:00maybe you should ask Lord Mandelson what the big d...maybe you should ask Lord Mandelson what the big deal is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-63631748733286251602009-12-30T13:11:59.809+00:002009-12-30T13:11:59.809+00:00Does the expected cost of 290 million and an annua...Does the expected cost of 290 million and an annual extra bill of 25 per year mean that there are only about 1 million UK homes with broadband? If so, what is the big deal regarding to risk of IP infringement?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5574479.post-30423554386436731532009-12-30T11:49:32.749+00:002009-12-30T11:49:32.749+00:00bad, evil and grossly unfair!bad, evil and grossly unfair!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com