Comments on: Share your Creative Freedom! Connection is a Right! Only 40 days left until YOUR Freedom is disconnected! http://www.fellowcreative.com/2009/11/creative-freedom-campaign-digital-britain/ Fellow Creative. Creative Midwife & Joiner of Dots. Creatively supporting Sustainable enterprise. Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:30:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: The rise and fall (and rise again) of the political designer « Hedoesdesign’s Weblog http://www.fellowcreative.com/2009/11/creative-freedom-campaign-digital-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-1124 The rise and fall (and rise again) of the political designer « Hedoesdesign’s Weblog Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:48:24 +0000 http://www.fellowcreative.com/?p=2585#comment-1124 [...] But I’d be wrong to imply that designers don’t care about politics anymore. Whilst the world focuses it’s attention on Denmark, back in the UK, the British government is introducing a Digital Economy Bill that has among other boring bits of legislation is a rather heavy-handed and unwieldy attempt to block internet piracy. There has been a massive swell of discontent among internet types, chiefly against what is being seen as ideas from stuffy old men who don’t understand the web being pushed by corporate fat cats to try and contain the free file-sharing that is part of everyday life online. The Open Rights Group have all the detail of what’s wrong with the bill over here, and Fellow Creative (it was Carl’s blog that first made me aware of the existence of the bill) has the some more approachable methods of taking action as well as great collection of links here. [...] [...] But I’d be wrong to imply that designers don’t care about politics anymore. Whilst the world focuses it’s attention on Denmark, back in the UK, the British government is introducing a Digital Economy Bill that has among other boring bits of legislation is a rather heavy-handed and unwieldy attempt to block internet piracy. There has been a massive swell of discontent among internet types, chiefly against what is being seen as ideas from stuffy old men who don’t understand the web being pushed by corporate fat cats to try and contain the free file-sharing that is part of everyday life online. The Open Rights Group have all the detail of what’s wrong with the bill over here, and Fellow Creative (it was Carl’s blog that first made me aware of the existence of the bill) has the some more approachable methods of taking action as well as great collection of links here. [...]

]]> By: fellowcreative http://www.fellowcreative.com/2009/11/creative-freedom-campaign-digital-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 fellowcreative Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:55:25 +0000 http://www.fellowcreative.com/?p=2585#comment-1044 I've just written the following letter to my MP -- Dear Jonathan Shaw, I live in Rochester and I run my own business ‘Fellow Creative’ from a studio based in Chatham. I work across a wide spectrum of creative, sustainable, digital and academic disciplines. I’m also a widely networked and well known individual in Medway, London and Brighton. I’m extremely concerned about the Digital Economy Bill that is being pushed through the House of Lords ahead of the forthcoming election. I’m currently working in partnership with the Open Rights Group and other major organisations/individuals to help stimulate awareness about the vast impact such a bill will have on the UK economy, innovation and society as a whole – today, and more importantly in the future. You’ve no doubt heard arguments about copyright and file-sharing but I’m not currently concerned by these. I’m an early adopter of technology and I, like many others in my world, realize the wider implications. I urge you to please read a blog post I’ve written that highlights what a catastrophic government failure it would be if the Digital Economy Bill was rushed through without greater consideration. You can find my blog post here: http://bit.ly/CreativeFreedom I thank you for taking the time to listen, I await your confirmation of receipt and I look forward to hearing your thoughts directly. Yours sincerely, Carl Carl Jeffrey Dip BA (Hons) Creative Midwife & Joiner-of-Dots I’ve just written the following letter to my MP
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Dear Jonathan Shaw,

I live in Rochester and I run my own business ‘Fellow Creative’ from a studio based in Chatham. I work across a wide spectrum of creative, sustainable, digital and academic disciplines. I’m also a widely networked and well known individual in Medway, London and Brighton.

I’m extremely concerned about the Digital Economy Bill that is being pushed through the House of Lords ahead of the forthcoming election. I’m currently working in partnership with the Open Rights Group and other major organisations/individuals to help stimulate awareness about the vast impact such a bill will have on the UK economy, innovation and society as a whole – today, and more importantly in the future.

You’ve no doubt heard arguments about copyright and file-sharing but I’m not currently concerned by these. I’m an early adopter of technology and I, like many others in my world, realize the wider implications. I urge you to please read a blog post I’ve written that highlights what a catastrophic government failure it would be if the Digital Economy Bill was rushed through without greater consideration.

You can find my blog post here: http://bit.ly/CreativeFreedom

I thank you for taking the time to listen, I await your confirmation of receipt and I look forward to hearing your thoughts directly.

Yours sincerely,
Carl

Carl Jeffrey Dip BA (Hons)
Creative Midwife & Joiner-of-Dots

]]> By: C Randle http://www.fellowcreative.com/2009/11/creative-freedom-campaign-digital-britain/comment-page-1/#comment-1043 C Randle Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:51:19 +0000 http://www.fellowcreative.com/?p=2585#comment-1043 Why don't we do what they did in NZ and black out our avatars? Then let the press know why and put pressure on our MP's. Just a thought. Why don’t we do what they did in NZ and black out our avatars? Then let the press know why and put pressure on our MP’s. Just a thought.

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