Government to restrict UK 'internet access'

IT'S bad news that affects almost everyone who uses the internet.

Our Government are looking to spend our money on regulating our web access, taking the fight to internet pirates.

This could mean no more streaming or downloading films, music and television programmes illegally, including live football which has audience figures exceeding millions.

Taxpayer's money is expected to pay to set up a "council" which will look to ban piracy websites.

The plans would be part of the Digital Economy Act (DEA) which allows for websites to be blocked

Jim Killock, executive director of The Open Rights Group, told the BBC: "It is unacceptable for trade groups and the government to conduct policy in this way.

“Censorship proposals must be discussed in public.

“Many of us will oppose any censorship that impacts directly and widely on free expression."

My argument is why spend taxpayer's money to give fat cats more power over the internet?

Surely the fact that millions are prepared to 'break the law' in order to watch streaming football/movies, shows that these businesses are pricing consumers out of their goods.

Businesses should take heed from the music industry, which has been forced to drastically lower prices over the last decade, fighting against pirates won't work.

The beauty of the internet is its transparency - the only way to win these consumers back would be to lower prices and offer incentives to paying customers – not web censorship.