Digital Economy Act Info
From Digital Economy Act Info
This site aims to be a plain English site designed to help those unfamiliar with the UK Digital Economy Act 2010, understand its powers, its impact and its history. It is provided free of charge and has no affiliation with any commercial or political organisation and is run entirely for free by volunteers.
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All the information contained is offered in good faith, but it does not constitute legal advice. The site's owners, hosts, moderators and contributors cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies it may contain.
Please use the discussion page to make suggestions and offer feedback. The short link http://j.mp/DEact can be used to refer conveniently to this page.
Also note the campaign to Repeal the Digital Economy Act.
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Information about the Act
Information for Internet Users
- So what is it and how will it affect me?
- How can I avoid disconnection?
- How can I secure my wifi so others can't use it?
- How can I avoid my ISP or others spying on my Internet traffic?
- What is my ISP's policy on complying with the Act?
- What does this letter mean?
- Am I going to get cut off?
- Is it illegal to download music/video?
- What can I do to stop my kids from downloading music/video?
- I want to carry on downloading, how can I avoid being caught?
- But I didn't download anything. I'm completely innocent. What can I do?
- This seems wrong, who should I complain to?
- What about this loophole I read about?
Information for Webmasters and Other Service Providers
- I run a website (or other internet resource), am I at risk?
- Am I safe to offer free Wifi?
- A very good breakdown of the Act from an ISP's perspective [1] by AAISP
- Andrew Cormack's slides from his Network Operators’ Guide to Digital Economy Act 2010 presentation
Information about the Act and how it came about
- Is the new government going to repeal the act?
- The Annotated Act, annotated with plain English explanations of the terminology and its real life impact (WORK IN PROGRESS). Kindly hosted by WriteToReply.org
- The Act Itself; pdf version, html version
- Why did so many people oppose the Act?
- Is the battle now lost?
- What is super-affirmative action?
- The Bill's path through Parliament
- Parliament Documents relating to the bill
- The Hansard Reports of the Bill's debates
- Second Commons Reading
- Final Commons Reading (divided by clause, hit "Next Debate" to move on)
- Final Lords Reading
- Hansard page showing the MPs voting (you'll need to scroll down the page to see the division lists) and a Tidier list indicating political party
- The Ofcom Code of Practice
- Consultation on implementing the Act
