As time winds down to the general elections, the UK government is attempting to push-through the Digital Economy Bill.
MCVUK reports that, while some aspects of the bill are still hotly contested, politicians are hoping to fast track at least some elements of the bill, including making the Pan-European Game Information PEGI ratings system enforceable by law.
Don Foster, Bath MP, stated:
Swiftness is the essence of why we are here today. It is vital that we get back on to the statute book, as quickly as possible, legislation that provides protection against the sale of inappropriate material to children and counters the ability of people to sell pirate DVDs and so on.
Shadow Culture Minister Ed Vaizey added:
The Digital Economy Bill will amend the 1984 Act and bring video games into a system of statutory classification using the European rating system known as PEGI—pan European game information. Broadly speaking, hon. Members of all parties support that. Everybody recognises that video games should be classified under a statutory system.
The Digital Economy bill recommends that PEGI become the sole method of classifying games, replacing the current structure that uses PEGI and British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) ratings. Another controversial aspect contains a three-strikes law aimed at Internet pirates.
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Re: MPs Seek to Speed Up PEGI Introduction
"Another controversial aspect contains a three-strikes law aimed at Internet pirates."
The main story in all of this gets nothing but a casual single line right at the end.
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Re: MPs Seek to Speed Up PEGI Introduction
Um... only if you're a pirate.
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Re: MPs Seek to Speed Up PEGI Introduction
No not really. The tracking technology is hugely flawed and too many people are wrongly accused of downloading all sorts of stuff.