In the British House of Lords passed the discussion on the latest initiatives of the Government disconnecting from the Internet hard-core fans of unlicensed content. By this initiative, Lord Mandelson proposed disable those users after three committed the offenses. Disabling may be subjected to service providers access to the network.

Bill did not find understanding from members of the House of Lords, and the main concern was that it violated the statutory legal procedures. In particular, Lord Mandelson proposes to disconnect users without a court decision.

Lords has caused great concern and the fact that the new law threatens to libraries, universities, hotels, cafes and other public places providing Internet access via Wi-Fi, often free. If the attacker will take advantage of such access, you can punish them both, which also do not like the opponents of the bill.

"Jeopardized access to the Internet public institutions such as libraries, schools and universities – have written a joint open letter to the representatives of the University of London, the British Library and the Imperial War Museum. – As a result, access to the internet will lose large segments of the population, in particular the 15 million citizens do not have internet access at home. "

The concerns expressed and the representatives of hotel business. The British Association of Hotel Management believes that "grave injustice" punishment for the actions of hotel guests.

According to the House of Lords Committee on Human Rights, the proposed bill essentially abolishes the presumption nevinosnosti.

Via TechRadar