IT Crowd joins attack on piracy bill

An unlikely gang of celebrities, politicians and geeks have sent an open letter to the UK government saying the Digital Economy Bill “threatens to severely infringe fundamental human rights”. The group includes IT Crowd writer Graham Linehan, musician Billy Bragg, gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, as well as ISP Association chief Nicholas Lansmann, TalkTalk director of regulation Andrew Heaney, Open Rights Group executive director Jim Killock and a...