"unless of course you think it's OK for me to borrow your car, PC, house, etc. -- without paying you for their use"

thats not the same thing idiot.
when u get something online it can be copied infinatly at no cost....to anyone, if i copy something im not taking it out of the hands of the owner im simply sharing an exact copy.

You have no rights to other people's work unless you pay for those rights... unless of course you think it's OK for me to borrow your car, PC, house, etc. -- without paying you for their use.

The most annoying thing about this act is that it is totally biased towards rights holders.

I am most concerned about the section that makes it illegal to sell or develop measures to defeat DRM mechanisms. Copyrights are granted for a limited period, not forever. Rights holders should have to provide the encryption keys so that DRM can be disabled when the copyright in a work expires. It should be legal to defeat the DRM on works that are no longer copyrighted.

I'd also love it if copyright elapsed when a work is no longer available for sale. If there is no commercial value to the copyright holder, they shouldn't be allowed to stop its distribution by someone who can derive commercial value from it.

UK Government hands the Internet over to Corporate thuggery. There will be no film at eleven - or ever again.