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Fri 11 Nov 2009Slapdash Bill will damage Britain's digital economy
WIRED:The UK government, which is trying to rewrite copyright law, is not as insightful as its internet entrepreneurs, writes DANNY O'BRIEN
THOUGH I’M based in San Francisco now (and my family are from Aherlow), I spent most of my life in the UK. Britain did pretty well out of the internet boom: its universities were as quickly connected to the early net as anywhere, and in Newcastle and London, Brighton and Cardiff, young entrepreurs were quick enough to understand the new technology and exploit in its early years.
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