The Open Rights Group are asking citizens to complain about a proposed amendment to law which would allow courts to block sites which allegedly infringe copyright.
A pair of Lords in the UK have proposed an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill which would force Internet service providers to deny their subscribers’ access to sites accused of infringing copyright.
The amendment would give courts the power to “prevent access to specified online locations for the prevention of online copyright infringement” in cases where a “substantial proportion of the content accessible at or via each specified online location infringes copyright” and where site operators had failed to take “reasonable steps” to stop infringements.
“This would open the door to a massive imbalance of power in favour of large copyright holding companies. Individuals and small businesses would be open to massive ‘copyright attacks’ that could shut them down, just by the threat of action,” writes Jim Killock for the Open Rights Group.
Those wishing to oppose the amendment can find the details here.
Article from: FreakBits