Digital economy bill becomes law

[stiz]

The legislation allows for websites hosting the filesharing of pirated material to be shut down.


http://uk.news.yahoo.com/14/20100407/tpl-digital-economy-bill-becomes-law-81c5b50.html

wonder what other laws are gonna be pushed through quikly?

[Bjoern]

Chopping a head off a Hydra...

[Ken Stallings]

Perhaps, but it is still a step in the right direction!

At least it gives the rightful owners a legal recourse to shut down these sites. It also puts the ISP's on firm notice that once it is shown to them that a website they host on their server is acting this way, they are obligated to pull the plug.

Next I would like to see the same done for spammers.

Ken