[x-pubpol] UK: Lib Dems call for halt to copyright crackdown

[Joly MacFie]

http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/intellectual-property/2011/09/20/lib-dems-call-for-halt-to-copyright-crackdown-40093974/

On Monday, delegates to the Lib Dems' autumn conference adopted the party's
wide-ranging *Preparing the Ground: Stimulating Growth in the Digital
Economy*<http://www.libdems.org.uk/siteFiles/resources/docs/conference/101%20-%20Preparing%20the%20Ground%20%28IT%29.pdf>(PDF)
technology policy document. The paper proposed two options for pulling back
on the copyright crackdown provisions in the Digital Economy
Act<http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/regulation/2010/04/08/mps-pass-digital-economy-bill-with-few-changes-40088563/>,
and party members chose the more far-reaching of the two.

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