Last chance to respond to OFCOM's DEA consultation

Tomorrow, the 30th July, is the deadline for submitting responses to OFCOM about their consultation on the Initial Obligations Code for the Digital Economy Act (DEA).

The draft Code that was sent out for consultation has several serious flaws, not least  of which is its failure to put in place an effective scheme to ensure the reliability and transparency of evidence-collection used in the process of issuing Copyright Infringement Reports.

If you haven't yet responded to consultation, please do! We strongly recommend that you take a couple of hours to draft and submit a response, even if only a brief one! Some resources that may be useful in preparing your response include:

• The consultation documents themselves on the OFCOM website.
• A discussion of some of the problems with the draft Code from the Open Rights Group.
• Our ongoing series of blog posts explaining what the DEA is and how it works.
• The official Pirate Party UK response that we're currently drafting.

We're still in the process of finalising our response, so even if you don't have time to write a response of your own, we'd still appreciate your help finishing drafting ours. Check out the forum thread to see how you can get involved.

Related to the DEA, supporters in the Nottingham area may be interested in attending "Digital Economy Act On Trial," a Nottingham Tuttle club event taking place at the Galleries of Justice Museum cafe in the evening of the same day, Friday 30th July. It sounds like a very interesting event, and should be a great opportunity to meet legal experts and talk to the about the DEA. For more information, visit the Nottingham Tuttle Club website.