{"id":428110,"date":"2010-03-13T03:42:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-13T07:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.davidicke.com\/headlines\/31558-bt-boss-condemns-government-piracy-measures"},"modified":"2010-03-13T03:42:09","modified_gmt":"2010-03-13T07:42:09","slug":"bt-boss-condemns-government-piracy-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/428110","title":{"rendered":"BT Boss Condemns Government Piracy Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"

‘BT chief executive Ian Livingstone has joined a group of industry executives and high profile figures \u2013 from organisations including Orange, Virgin Media<\/a>, Google<\/a> and the Open Rights Group \u2013 in writing an open letter to the Financial Times, urging that changes be made to the Digital Economy Bill.<\/p>\n

The letter criticises the most recent amendment to the Bill \u2013 Amendment 120A \u2013 which would enable courts to issue an injunction against any website accused of hosting a \u201csubstantial proportion\u201d of material that infringes copyright. This could ultimately result in sites such as YouTube<\/a> being forced offline.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis amendment not only significantly changes the injunctions procedure in the UK<\/a> but will lead to an increase in Internet<\/a> service providers blocking websites accused of illegally hosting copyrighted material without cases even reaching a judge,\u201d the letter warned. \u201cThe amendment seeks to address the legitimate concerns of rights-holders but would have unintended consequences that far outweigh any benefits it could bring”.’<\/p>\n

Read more: BT Boss Condemns Government<\/a> Piracy Measures<\/a><\/p>\n

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