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Proceeding contribution from Lord Young of Norwood Green (Labour) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 20 January 2010. It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL) and Debate on bill on Digital Economy Bill [HL].


Digital Economy Bill [HL]

I am trying to be helpful. We have deliberately said that the 75:25 split is not set in stone. However, I shall take away the noble Lord’s point about the appeals procedure. I shall not re-enter the argument about burden of proof because I think that we have rehearsed it sufficiently. We have made it absolutely clear that there will need to be a real evidential base. That will be part of the code and people will have to provide a real evidential base to sustain the fact that there has been a copyright infringement. I referred on a previous occasion to an audit trail. I plead with the noble Lord not to dismiss that lightly. It was a serious attempt in a previous debate to reassure him.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
716 c1020 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Access Codes of practice Appeals Broadcasting Costs Competition Computer networks Copyright Communication Fees and charges ICT Internet Ofcom Tribunals Subscriptions Internet service providers
Legislation
Digital Economy Bill (HL) 2009-10
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk