@JGeek

you could say its a 'special relationship' akin to 'honour among thieves' but instead of thieves its bloodthirsty warpigs and cash loving scammers with no honourable charactersitics at all.

a waste of air and cells

And here I was thinking the US Congress was really screwed up. My heart goes out to the Brits.

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Yup. Absolutely right.

And if you lift a finger to oppose them, youre a "terrorist".

One law for them...

...is done for. And I guess nobody will lift a finger. Then they will end up in jail and still nobody will lift a finger.

After some time it will be normal/acceptable to go/be in jail for such a idiotic reason. But for murder or theft almost nothing.

They (you know who) are laughing at you right in your face and you are taking it, right now.

they make the rules so they can do what the hell they like - with our money!

the general publics concerns have never been considered so why change now?

they are unscrupulous scum with a bitter desire for cash in place of a conscience

Governments are undemocratic and corrupt [fullstop]

The bigger they get, the easier it is for them. And the more reliant and dependent society is !!forced!! to be on them, the worse they can get away with.

http://www.infowars.com/invisible-empire-all-conspiracy-no-theory/

http://www.redicecreations.com/

At some point in time in the future do you ever think people will in general wake the fuck up? And stop being taken for dumb ass sleeping sheep walkers going through life, like idiots oblivious to the corruption and scum running the show, and hijacking anything sort of movement that tries to put a stop to them. They cause the problems, and they always have the solution that best suites them, ever wonder why? You're living in oppression and tyranny and worst of all most don't even know it.

Makes me smile to think of the brown envelopes that passed behind closed doors an under tables to push the bill forward so quicky then again since the exspense scandal those poor guys down in the house of commons have hade it hard'someones pocket got lined :) that's for shure

Actually makers things easier, so instead of getting sued from the getgo I get three warning letters....thanks guys....don't think that will happen in my lifetime considering I use both IP block lists and a VPN.
Up yours Mandelson.

(comments posted as always from behind my faithful VPN)

A bill of rights, yes we have one of those, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_of_Rights_1689

But parliament does not think that this is about personal freedom or freedom of speech or consumer rights or anything else. They see it as protecting rich corporations from the criminal classes who want to free load off of these honest, hard working campaign fund contributors. As Mandy's mantra goes, The working class can kiss my arse, I've got the foreman's job at last.

The DEB has all but ignored photographers - be they pro or amateur, and the implications of this bill are serious. It will have a huge impact not only on the professional lives of many photogs already struggling to make a living, but also on the use of photography by the NFP and Charity sectors, and by private individuals who could find their images used without their knowledge or permission. The Government management of this Bill has been undemocratic from the start.

Peerblock, they can't link anything to your IP.

If they get lucky using an IP not yet updated to the banlist and you get your first letter, use a proxy.

Job done.

It might influence speeds cause you won't get so many computer illiterate seeders, but they aint gonna shut it down.

Would be helpful if your country adopted a Bill of Rights. Something that gives personal freedom as a right vs thing to be floated here and there at whim.

I love it how everyone accuses the USA of being a tyrant.

being so easy to hack wep encryption, sounds like a good way to get back at lawyers and such by jumping on their wireless and downloading all kinds of goodies. maybe if you know some politicians address whom you hate, you might target them. :P

If this mess goes through, expect kids and grannies in court, expect a massive backlash against the MAAFIA, and expect it to get shot down by the European Courts, with no effect on file sharing, and a massive increase in obfuscation and encryption.