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Digital Economy Bill [HL]

My Lords, I am reassured on several points by my noble friend’s reply, particularly in relation to how precautions will be separately set out for different circumstances, and I would hope that that was clear in the coda. I accept that obviously you cannot cover every contingency. It is however important that the main classes of user understand what is required of them, and how the process will apply to them. This will be different, depending on the technology within those sub-classes. I was intending with Amendment 35 to go a little bit further than that; namely that the particular circumstances of libraries, and probably the particular circumstances of some hotels and cafes and so on, somehow need to be recognised as well. Giving multiple access is part of their service. This goes to a rather more fundamental question of whether we should be legislating for fair use, but it seems to me that there could be particular provisions—deals done—with the ISP, or direct with the rights-holders, which recognise the particular circumstances of those who are providing multiple-use access. I will not pursue that any further tonight, but once this comes to be implemented, we will very rapidly see—as those industries themselves have warned us—that there will be impracticalities in their area if they are treated in the same way as any other subscriber. We have had approaches not only from libraries and colleges, but also from hotels and others who will need to be reassured on this point. The Minister will be gratified to hear that I will not go any further tonight. I beg leave to withdraw the amendment, and I thank the Minister for spelling that out in such detail. Amendment 33 withdrawn. Amendments 34 to 37 not moved. Amendment 38 Moved by