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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

My Lords, we will know whether the Act is successful in terms of the extent to which we make progress in reducing illegitimate traffic and finding ways in which fuller advantage of the opportunities which the technology provides can be enjoyed by all sections of society, particularly as regards those who produce material which requires copyright defence. The noble Lord obviously endorsed what the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, said. The implication was that this is merely a tick-box exercise that Ofcom would be involved in. It would not be that at all. The box may be ticked, but analysing the significance of the information received will take resources. Noble Lords opposite are dismissive of additional costs for a particular public institution, but spend a great deal of time saying how they will deal with this in general.