UK Government Abandons Piracy Legislation

arcticstoat writes "Following last year's reports of a scheme to 'ban' pirates from the Internet via ISPs in the UK, it looks as though the UK government has now decided to back down on the plan, saying that it hopes it won't have to apply 'the heavy hand of legislation'. The UK's Intellectual Property Minister, David Lammy, said that 'I'm not sure it's actually going to be possible,' as a result of the complexities of enforcing such legislation. Lammy also revealed that he had a different opinion on file sharers than many people in the music industry. He pointed out that there's a big difference between organized counterfeiting gangs and 'younger people not quite buying into the system'. He added that 'we can't have a system where we're talking about arresting teenagers in their bedrooms. People can rent a room in an hotel and leave with a bar of soap — there's a big difference between leaving with a bar of soap and leaving with the television.'"

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Re:Uk government, "if at first you don't succeed"

[MindKata]

"I merely skipped to the conclusion"

Your "conclusion" is that as it was said by The Register, then its wrong. That is a straw man argument.

Try reading your own post:
"Dude. Weak. The Register?! You may as well be referencing Fox News, I've never read anything in the register that wasn't bleeding of oversensationalisation and regularly hit spots where they obviously haven't even made a slight attempt at verifying their story elements. The Register isn't a reliable source of anything, please don't spread their panic stories, you can do so much better I promise you."

I actually don't care one way or the other, about The Register. You are totally missing the point. Its not about The Register, its about the UK Government plans, which if you watch the continuing news (from many news sources), they all show what the UK government is up to. Jacqui Smith has been bad news for a long time.