Online Infringement of Copyright and the Digital Economy Act 2010 | Ofcom

Online Infringement of Copyright and the Digital Economy Act 2010 | Ofcom

Ofcom has published a consultation about the Draft Initial Obligations Code that Ofcom had to produce under the Digital Economy Act 2010.

Ofcom has had to make various statements as to definitions of what is considered an ISP (i.e. an ISP will only be covered if they have more than 400,000 subscribers) and if a someone offers WiFi access then they are considered the subscriber (even though they should be considered an ISP).

The consultation closes on 30th July 2010 and people should respond (it's possible to respond online here