@article{49233,
      recid = {49233},
      author = {Pratt, Giles, and Beazley, Emma, and Smith, Rebecca,},
      title = {All washed up : unauthorised file-sharing and the UK  Digital Economy Act 2010.},
      pages = {GB 139 June 2010 ;},
      abstract = {A "decisive step" towards tackling the problem of  unauthorised file-sharing on the internet, or a "fatally  flawed and disturbingly draconian piece of legislation"  heralding a "sombre day for Britain's digital future"?  On  8 April 2010, during the ‘wash up' phase of Parliament  preceding the UK general election, the Digital Economy Act  2010 was passed, prompting a spectrum of emotive reactions,  including these comments from the recording industry body  IFPI [1] and the UK arm of the Pirate Party, [2]  respectively.  This article explores the new law behind the  rhetoric.},
      url = {http://tind.wipo.int/record/49233},
}