Lib Dems want to water down UK Filtering Bill

[Geoff]

superapecommando writes in with news that in the UK, Liberal Democratic peers will soften their filtering amendment to the Digital Economy Bill, to allow those wrongfully accused of illegal filesharing to sue the rightsholders in court. The previous version of the Bill had drawn instant criticism from some of the world's largest technology companies, including eBay, Google, and Yahoo, who signed an open letter against the filtering proposal. Blogger Glyn Moody summed up opposition to the Bill, stating that in its previous form, it was "utterly one-sided, where the only winners are a music recording industry too lazy to change, and the losers are everyone else."

 

The original story is on Slashdot:

 

Slashdot Your Rights Online Story | UK Internet Filtering Bill Watered Down

 

There's further coverage in The Guardian, including a response from the Government.

 

Fear over 'rushed' digital economy bill | Technology | guardian.co.uk