Rolling back legislation

As other people have already commented our new lords and master in the condem alliance don’t seem to be in a terrible hurry to remove all the bad legislation that our previous glorious leaders brought in to trample on our freedoms. However over at The Register I learn that they are amending the utterly abysmal Digital economy act, there radical reform is that after you’ve failed to prove yourself innocent they won’t charge you to lodge an appeal. Oh unless of course too many people lodge “unnecessary appeals” in which case they will charge you. Mind ISP’s are still being … Continue reading

Three from the register

For those of you that already read the tech news site The Register, sorry for drawing your attention to three rather interesting articles on there today. Following on from Anna Raccoon’s article on ASBO’s given to prostitutes/a> the register observes that the police normally object to people publishing details of suspects under investigation. One would assume that unless caught actually in the act by the police, or even then, that a decent lawyer would be able to weaken the value of any witness statements if the ladies concerned ever get taken to trial on the grounds of all the publicity … Continue reading

You can’t trust a copper

It’s true it seems you can’t trust a copper to actually know the law they’re meant to be enforcing. The Metropolitan police commissioner has admitted that his police sometimes forget the law on photography (not that it’s been a high profile issue or anything), and of course the plastic police have been found to delete photographs unlawfully. None of which of course is particularly news, and is hardly surprising given that the chief constables are ignoring the Home Secretary. But why should they worry about the law when the chances of any individual officer getting prosecuted for anything is so … Continue reading