The digital economy bill spawned from the government’s Digital Britain report has passed the crucial third reading in the House of Commons, meaning it is now likely to be passed into law. Several last minutes changes have been made though, including a change to rules on tackling piracy.
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Digital Britain might be bad news for file sharers, but it has some great news for the UK games industry. The Government aims to give developers, publishers and parents a helping hand by ousting BBFC games ratings in favour of the Pan European Game Information system, or PEGI. In addition, the Digital Britain report promises to “work with the industry to collect and review the evidence for a tax relief” for game makers.
Gordon Brown has said that the government must help the roll out of the next generation broadband, as the final Digital Britain is published today.