Forwarded from the Northants list - another chance to try to stop the powers that be making silly decisions...
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Northants] Digital Economy Bill Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:03:00 +0000 From: Nick Drage We've always kept politics off this mailing list, which means it's rather quiet, but also pretty civil ;) However considering the laws that are about to be proposed, and that opinions on them appear to cross traditional boundaries, I thought this issue was worth raising here, especially considering how big an impact it will have on all our lives, and in some cases, careers. ----- Forwarded message from Johnny Chatterton - 38 Degrees<johnn...@38degrees.org.uk> ----- > Together we're building the pressure on the Government not to rush > through the Digital Economy Bill. 11,000 of us have now written to our > MPs opposing the Government's plans to force it through as a "fast > track" bill before the election. > > We're making the case that proposals to give the government > far-reaching powers to cut people's internet connections and restrict > public wifi need proper scrutiny and debate. There are signs that MPs > and the media have noticed our opposition and are starting to listen. > [1] > > We need to prove to MPs that public opposition to these plans being > rushed through is overwhelming. The more of us that write to our MP > this week, the more chance we have of winning. > > Please help. Forward this email and ask your friends to tell their MP > why they're worried about rushing the Digital Economy Bill into law. > They just have to click here to get started, it takes just two > minutes: http://www.38degrees.org.uk/digital-economy-bill > > In just a few weeks MPs are hoping we'll vote for them in the General > Election. That gives us an opportunity to persuade them not to force > through these draconian new internet laws - if we can convince them > it's unpopular, they'll think twice about doing it just before they > have to face their voters. > > Opposition is growing. Web giants like Google, Yahoo, BT and TalkTalk > oppose the plans. So do consumer groups, civil rights groups and > digital freedom groups. A people-powered avalanche of emails could > just be enough to stop the government from forcing these measures into > law. > > Please click forward now and ask your friends to tell their MP why > rushing through draconian internet laws is wrong. They just need to > click on this link to get started: > http://www.38degrees.org.uk/digital-economy-bill > > > Thanks for getting involved, > > Johnny, David, Hannah, Nina and the 38 Degrees Team > > > Notes [1] > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2010/mar/17/digital-economy-bill-twitter-outcry -- "Computers rule the world today, and the fellow that can fool the computer can rule the world himself" _______________________________________________ Peterboro mailing list Peterboro@mailman.lug.org.uk https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/peterboro
