Content site such as YouTube are being targeted by the new copyright bill proposed by the House of Lords.
The House of Lords yesterday proposed an amendment to the Digital Economy Bill that would target copyright-infringing material on websites such as YouTube.
High Court judges would have the right to give an injunction against websites hosting 'substantial' amounts of copyrighted material. It also gives ISPs the power to shut-down access to sites if they receive notification of copyright infringement.
Lord Clement-Jones said: “I believe this will send a powerful message to our creative industries that we value what they do, that we want to protect what they do, that we don’t believe in censoring the internet but we are responding to genuine concerns”.
However, the bill amendment hasn't been accepted positively by the Internet Service Providers Association (ISPA).
Nicholas Lansman, secretary-general of ISPA, said, “We’ve been supportive of peers’ excellent scrutiny of the bill to date. In this instance, however, our members are extremely concerned that the full implications of the amendment haven’t been understood and that the reasoning behind it is wholly misguided.”
