from ourselves, Consumer Focus and others, Liberal Democrat and Tory peers Lord
Clement Jones and Howard pushed through an amendment allowing the courts to
order web blocking for ‘substantially infringing’ websites.
Later today, protests
prompted a public justification of the approach from Clement Jones, on LibDem
Voice which got torn apart, mostly by fellow Liberal Democrats.
Thus we are faced with
an appalling sight: on the one hand, Labour, pushing Clause 17 as a means to
‘future proof’ copyright against new infringement, and on the other, the Lib
Dems and Tories, pushing an approach likely to produce straightforward threats,
bans and withdrawals of sites with user generated content.
We will be asking to
meet the Liberal Democrat and Conservative front benches. We will let you know
if they can find time for us.
Take action
In the meantime, you
should take action yourself. You should write to your local paper, about the
disconnection proposals, and these new measures for web blocking and backdoor
censorship, and make this a national political debate. And if you haven't already, join ORG.
