--- title: 'The Digital Economy Bill: Bananas!' description: Over at Confused of Calcutta, JP Rangaswami has written a crystal clear article on why we should be concerned about the content and treatment of the Digital Economy Bill.Wherever you live, whatever your interests I urge you to read it.If you live in the UK, whatever your position I urge you to write to your […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/the-digital-economy-bill-bananas?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 3 April 2010 # The Digital Economy Bill: Bananas! [Design](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/design) --- Share the article Over at Confused of Calcutta, JP Rangaswami has written [a crystal clear article on why we should be concerned about the content and treatment of the Digital Economy Bill](http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2010/04/02/the-digital-economy-bill-thinking-about-banana-ice-cream/). Wherever you live, whatever your interests I urge you to read it. If you live in the UK, whatever your position I urge you to [write to your MP and tell them you want this bill properly debated](http://www.38degrees.org.uk/page/speakout/extremeinternetl). [Mr Lepper](http://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/david_lepper/brighton,_pavilion), you have not had time to acknowledged my letter. I hope I can assume that you are busy reading up on the bill, getting ready to ensure that the proper democratic process is observed. I recommend you add [Mr Rangaswami’s blog post](http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2010/04/02/the-digital-economy-bill-thinking-about-banana-ice-cream/) to your reading list. [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Challenges designers face in open source (and how to fix them)](https://canonical.com/blog/challenges-designers-face-in-open-source-and-how-to-fix-them) Open source powers up to 90% of modern software, yet many projects lack usability. Canonical’s Design team surveyed 115 cross-functional professionals to uncover the 4 core... [Kola Ojoodide](https://canonical.com/blog/author/kola-ojoodide) 26 June 2026 [### Why web engineering is great](https://canonical.com/blog/why-web-engineering-is-great) Hi, I’m Johann! I’m an engineering manager in Canonical’s web team. For the larger part of my 15 years of work experience as engineer, I’ve been working in web development.... [Johann Wolf](https://canonical.com/blog/author/johannwolf) 27 April 2026 [### Canonical’s recipe for High Performance Computing](https://canonical.com/blog/canonicals-recipe-for-high-performance-computing) In essence, High Performance Computing (HPC) is quite simple. Speed and scale. In practice, the concept is quite complex and hard to achieve. It is not dissimilar to what... [Igor Ljubuncic](https://canonical.com/blog/author/igorljubuncic) 24 January 2024 [### Web team – hack week 2023](https://canonical.com/blog/web-team-hack-week-2023) Today, around 96% of software projects utilize open source in some way. The web team here at Canonical is passionate about Open source. We lead with an open-by-default approach... [Anthony Dillon](https://canonical.com/blog/author/ya-bo-ng) 25 October 2023