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Illicit File Sharing

EDM number 1997 in 2008-09, proposed by Tom Watson on 12/10/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Internet and cybercrime and Intellectual property.

That this House notes with concern the Government's proposals on file sharing which would allow rights holders to request internet service providers to disconnect for a period of time, or throttle, the internet connection of people who may be accused of copyright infringement via peer to peer networks; believes that disconnecting alleged offenders will be futile given that it is relatively easy for determined file-sharers to mask their identity or their activity to avoid detection; acknowledges that illicit file-sharing only costs rights-holders money when people download infringing content in preference to buying it; further notes that identifying offenders using the Internet Protocol address of a specific machine may punish those who share a web connection; and calls on the Government to ensure that any citizen accused of illicit file-sharing is given the right to legal redress in a court of law before sanctions are imposed.

This motion has been signed by a total of 57 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Tom Watson12/10/2009West Bromwich EastLabourProposed
John Grogan12/10/2009SelbyLabourSeconded
Jo Swinson12/10/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSeconded
Adrian Sanders12/10/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSeconded
Paul Farrelly12/10/2009Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSeconded
Adam Price12/10/2009Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSeconded
Mark Durkan12/10/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Diane Abbott12/10/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
John Battle12/10/2009Leeds WestLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt12/10/2009Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Philip Davies13/10/2009ShipleyConservativeSigned
Mark Hunter13/10/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech13/10/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley13/10/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Mike Hancock13/10/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn13/10/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty13/10/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle13/10/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson14/10/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Williams14/10/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies14/10/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Andy Reed15/10/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman15/10/2009Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
David Drew15/10/2009StroudLabourSigned
David Anderson15/10/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Paul Rowen15/10/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard19/10/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood19/10/2009Lanark and Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Ann Cryer19/10/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Brian Iddon20/10/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy20/10/2009Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Denis Murphy20/10/2009WansbeckLabourSigned
Michael Moore21/10/2009Berwickshire, Roxburgh and SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch22/10/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Cunningham22/10/2009Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington22/10/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser26/10/2009DoverLabourSigned
Norman Baker26/10/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming26/10/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Natascha Engel26/10/2009North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott26/10/2009Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis27/10/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Don Foster27/10/2009BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Christopher Huhne29/10/2009EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heyes02/11/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Alan Keen02/11/2009Feltham and HestonLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd03/11/2009Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Annette Brooke04/11/2009Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd09/11/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Frank Dobson09/11/2009Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton09/11/2009Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Eric Joyce10/11/2009FalkirkLabourSigned
Greg Pope11/11/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Evan Harris11/11/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Havard11/11/2009Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell11/11/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir11/11/2009AngusScottish National PartySigned

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