Explanation of the Online Copyright Infringement Bill

http://law.olbrychtpalmer.net/2015/04/06/online-infringment-bill-2015.html

Thank you for this! Good to know there doesn’t appear to be anything particularly evil in there.

You know, except for the fact it provides a legal pathway for Internet censorship.

Yeah, the actual mechanism is straightforward and has some features that are surprisingly less bad than expected, but

That’s the general problem, as my conclusion says. The fight isn’t over how the legislation works, it’s that the legislation is even being proposed.

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