Clause 4 — Obligation to notify subscribers of reported infringements

Part of Business of the House – in the House of Commons at 9:30 pm on 7 April 2010.

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Photo of Steve Pound Steve Pound Labour, Ealing North 9:30, 7 April 2010

More "Teenage Kicks", I would have hoped. As ever, my hon. Friend makes a persuasive point. But what happens if you have a young band of transcendent genius, such as Stiff Little Fingers or The Undertones, which is denied the opportunity of its royalties? Does he not realise that there is a case to be made for intellectual property and money coming to those start-up bands?

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Andrew Suffield
Posted on 8 Apr 2010 3:55 pm (Report this annotation)

It is not clear how anything in this part of the bill, which is about punitive blocking of internet access, would result in money coming to anybody.