Phew

Tonight’s absolutely fantastic news is that the orphan works proposals have been struck out of the Digital Economy Bill (see my previous post). It was taken out literally minutes before the new law was finally adopted by the House of Commons. Fortunately, many MP’s on all sides of the house had seen the lunacy of the provision, and the Conservatives in particular made their approval of the Bill conditional on striking out Section 43.

My faith in democracy is restored. Though it is a little sad that MP’s have a better understanding of the impact that the legislation would have on intellectual property than the Intellectual Property Office do.

Kudos to the organisers of the Stop43 campaign, many of whom are lights on EPUK – Editorial Photographers UK – for carrying out a brilliant information campaign to stop the draconian proposals.

To celebrate, here’s a picture taken from the bus this last Friday. As you can see, it’s been snowing here!