[x-pubpol] Fwd: [The 1709 Blog] No UK 'three strikes' until 2017? Perhaps never?

[Joly MacFie]

http://the1709blog.blogspot.com/2013/06/no-uk-three-strikes-until-2017-perhaps.html


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I'm going to give you a damn good thrashing!****
  James Firth, writing on the Slightly Right of Centre
<http://www.sroc.eu/2013/05/sources-no-digital-economy-act.html>(SRoC)
blog,<http://www.sroc.eu/>has said that its unlikely that a UK
‘graduated response’ – or ‘three
strikes’ scheme, set out in the Digital Economy Act 2010 to limit internet
access to persistent online copyright infringers, will be in place before
2016 at the earliest.****

 Noting that two Statutory Instruments will be needed to flesh-out how the
copyright infringement warning letters will be dispatched, paid for and
appealed, the a so-called *Initial Obligations Code*, and a shorter* Cost
Sharing Order* defining how the cost of scheme will be split between
copyright owners and internet service providers, are nowhere near reaching
the statute books, Firth also notes that both of these relatively ‘simple’
pieces of legislation have so far only got to the ‘notification’ stage.
Citing contacts at Westminster, adds that “Two separate sources told me not
to expect the remaining secondary legislation this side of the general
election” with one source described the copyright provisions in the Digital
Economy Act as "unimplementable".****

 Firth cites three different causes for the possible delay: firstly a spat
between the Treasury and the Department of Culture, Media and Sport;
secondly disagreements between Internet Service Providers and content
owners over who pays for the cost of the scheme; and thirdly ‘politics –
not least the recent growth in digital revenues for music, TV and film
(which might be seen to negate the need for a three strikes approach) and
concerns raised by ISPs and civil rights groups over issues such as privacy
and liability with shared internet access.****

 Firth also adds* “Additionally the Communications Bill, originally planned
for 2014, is rumoured to have been postponed until after the general
election.  This Bill would be a natural place to overhaul the primary
legislation if amendments are require to the Digital Economy Act in order
for it to be implemented.  But this would likely push warning letters out
to 2017 or beyond.”*****

 http://www.sroc.eu/2013/05/sources-no-digital-economy-act.html ****

Image: From an episode of * 'Fawlty Towers' *entitled '*Gourmet
Night'*(BBC) when Basil's car breaks down just once too often - and
this time at a
critical moment.in his disastrous 'Gourmet' evening at the hotel. He warns
the car to start, calls it a 'vicious bastard', gives it a count of three
to start, and then launches into a full on assault.




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