First Reading

A Bill to make provision for the functions of the Office of Communications; to make provision for the online infringement of copyright, for licensing of copyright and performers’ rights and for penalties for infringement; to make provision for internet domain registries; to make provision for the functions of the Channel Four Television Corporation; to make provision for the regulation of television and radio services; to make provision for the regulation of the use of the electromagnetic spectrum; to amend the Video Recordings Act 1984; to make provision for public lending rights in relation to electronic publications; and for connected purposes.

The Bill was introduced by Lord Young of Norwood Green, on behalf of Lord Mandelson, read a first time and ordered to be printed.