Paul McCartney, Elton John and other prominent British musicians have spoken out against the government’s ridiculous proposal to disconnect people who’ve been accused of infringing on copyright from the Internet, calling it ‘expensive, illogical and « extraordinarily negative ».’ Damned right. Cutting entire families off from access to e-government, health information, work, education, friends, family, and freedom of expression freedom of assembly and freedom of the press because someone accused one member of infringing copyright is terrible. […]
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