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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

I thank the noble Lord for his instructive point. This amendment would ensure that Ofcom monitors whether legal access to material continues to grow, and how the balance between legal and illegal activity changes. It would also provide valuable information about the sort of behaviour that the Government seek to address in drafting Clause 17. As Amendments 130 and 131, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Whitty, established a while ago, this clause could be used to report on all sorts of copyright infringement, not just file-sharing. It becomes doubly important then to have a fair view of how internet access benefits copyright owners, as well as opening them up to unlawful exploitation. I beg to move.