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ratty redemption [RIP]:
wow, that first article sounds very bad for us brits, and i agree with the comments about cleaning up spam at source to cut down on wasted traffic, and also why should we in effect pay more to watch video ads on websites? if anything those damn ad companies should be charged more, not the consumers.

kat:
Ed Vaizey, the UK Govern-mental minister for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, holds the future of the Internet in his hands, hands it would seem that are, if not being greased, are certainly being soften with lobbyist hand lotion (it puts the lotion in the basket!).

According to "Who's Lobbying" Vaizey had just shy of 150 meetings with "Rights Holders" (duplicate references possible) [article via PCPro]. Looking at the list, there only seems to be a handful of organisation from 'our' side of the fence - the IGDA (TIGA) is there, Rebellion, Eidos and maybe a smattering of others (although the latter two will likely be representing themselves as 'rights' holders being game developers and/or publishers). But a good 95%+ appear to be 'lobbyists' in one form or another, so called 'rights' or 'stake' holders - music, film industry reps for 'rights' holders, BT and other infrastructure reps for 'stake' holders.

What's actually striking about this is what it reveals regarding the workings of what is or will be, public policy; it all goes on behind closed doors without consulting the people who would be at the receiving end of the stick, us, there are no 'people representative' groups in the list, so much so that not even the ubiquitous Which? or BBCs 'WatchDog' are present, both self appointed bastions of consumer concern.

ratty redemption [RIP]:
disturbing but interesting, and was that a 'silence of the lambs' reference kat?

kat:
Yes.. lol

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