Government backs Hargreaves, rows back on blocking filesharing websites

Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Wed, 03/08/2011 - 09:35 The Government has largely endorsed the recommendations of the Hargreaves Review, though, according to reports, business secretary Vince Cable has admitted that the website blocking clauses of the Digital Economy Act are unworkable. In a briefing held at the British Library this morning [3rd August], Cable is understood to have backed the Hargreaves Review, including proposals for changes in copyright law to allow data mining, with Publishers Association chief executive Richard Mollet calling these measures an "unwarranted blunt instrument". read more Continue reading at 'The Bookseller'

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