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September 13, 2013 10:00 am PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/2NHM-ZZj4gc/story01.htm
David Cameron appoints a Witchfinder General forcopyright
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has appointed Mike Weatherley, an entertainment executive-turned-MP, to be his "intellectual property advisor." His remit will be "enforcement issues" on "the challenges that face the film and music industries." The previous Labour government passed the controversial Digital Economy Act without Parliamentary debate on its last day, and that bill allows future governments to establish a disconnection system whereby people accused of copyright infringement will lose their Internet access without proof or trial, along with everyone who lives with them.Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/2NHM-ZZj4gc/story01.htm
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