Clause 47 - Matters to which general conditions may relate
Communications Bill
12:15 pm
Mr Stephen Timms (Minister of State (e-Commerce & Competitiveness), Department of Trade and Industry; East Ham, Labour)
I readily accept that it is important that we tackle problems of the abuse of copyright and the other issues listed in the amendment relating to the need for parents to protect children from harmful content, intrusions on personal privacy, and so on. I am grateful to the hon. Member for Maldon and East Chelmsford for drawing the Committee's attention to this matter again. I am also grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes, North-East. He is right in the example he gives and in a host of other areas. Some promising technological developments in protection measures for rights management should help to deal with some of the music industry's current serious problems, but other industries might face similar problems in future.