If you are reading this in the UK please follow the link below and sign this petition to the Prime Minister Gordon Brown to cancel the Digital Economy bill provisions that would  require internet service providers to unplug any household’s internet connection should anyone living there be accused (not convicted) of three acts of copyright infringement. Ridiculousness has a new definition and that is the logic put forth by the bill’s founder, Business Secretary and lead idontgetit Peter Mandelson.

“This petition has been set up in response to the Government’s proposal to cut off internet access to those who are caught illegally downloading copyrighted files. We think this has one fundamental flaw, as illegal filesharers will simply hack into other peoples WiFi networks to do their dirty work. This will result in innocent people being disconnected from the internet. What’s more, such a punishment should be dealt with in the proper way, in a court of law. This guilty until proven innocent approach violates basic human rights.”

Sign the petition!