Digital Economy Bill might be passed before May
It has been anticipated by a number of senior members of the media industry of the United Kingdom that the Digital Economy Bill proposed by the government, which had attracted a considerable amount of controversy, could be pushed through parliament in the beginning of April this year.
The notable point here is that the passing of the digital economy bill, if passed by the time set by the government, would be ahead of the UK general election that has been fixed to take place in May.
For some history, the Digital Economy Bill was first announced in the Queen’s Speech of 2009 before the parliament of the United Kingdom. When passed, the Digital Economy Bill would allow the first secretary of state of the UK, Lord Peter Mandelson to push through with the copyright laws on persistant illegal online downloaders without the parliament’s consent.
The bill is also understood to provide the broadband providers operating in the country with the authority to pass important information about those customers that persistently violates the law, to the holders of the copyrights so that they could move legally against them.
An anonymous insider of the media industry praised the bill while talking to the Guardian that credit wet to the government for pushing through a legislation proposal that is hardly a vote winner.
