Darksaviour69
November 15th, 2006, 14:49
People can now petition Tony Blair online using the official Downing Street website.
Number 10 says campaigners and groups will be able to "reach greater numbers than ever before".
"E-petitions" submitted so far cover nuclear weapons, taxes on light bulbs and reforms to copyright laws.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said "party political" issues would not be included, or petitions containing obscene language or libels.
However, items critical of government policy, such as the war in Iraq, could be posted.
At the time of posting there are only 3 Petitions, the most interesting (from our point of view) is:
Create a new exception to copyright law that gives individuals the right to create a private copy of copyrighted materials for their own personal use, including back-ups, archiving and shifting format. (http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/privatecopy/)
You can see the full list of petitions here (http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/list)
You can also submit your own petitions. Maybe some nice fellow in the homebrew/import scene could create a petition, to allow the importing of console (psp, ps3) like the rest of the world can (bar our other European friends)
This only applies to people living in the UK.
digg it (http://digg.com/politics/Petition_Tony_Blair_online_using_the_official_Down ing_Street_website)
Number 10 says campaigners and groups will be able to "reach greater numbers than ever before".
"E-petitions" submitted so far cover nuclear weapons, taxes on light bulbs and reforms to copyright laws.
A Downing Street spokeswoman said "party political" issues would not be included, or petitions containing obscene language or libels.
However, items critical of government policy, such as the war in Iraq, could be posted.
At the time of posting there are only 3 Petitions, the most interesting (from our point of view) is:
Create a new exception to copyright law that gives individuals the right to create a private copy of copyrighted materials for their own personal use, including back-ups, archiving and shifting format. (http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/privatecopy/)
You can see the full list of petitions here (http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/list)
You can also submit your own petitions. Maybe some nice fellow in the homebrew/import scene could create a petition, to allow the importing of console (psp, ps3) like the rest of the world can (bar our other European friends)
This only applies to people living in the UK.
digg it (http://digg.com/politics/Petition_Tony_Blair_online_using_the_official_Down ing_Street_website)