Jeremy Corbyn on digital music sounds like someone just told him about Napster
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has pledged to "democratise the Internet" as part of a new speech on the 'digital democracy' in Shoreditch.
During the speech, which went really, really smoothly -
Ironically can't watch Corbyn's 'digital democracy' launch as the Facebook livefeed isn't working. pic.twitter.com/asXTYClOuV
— Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) August 30, 2016
- Corbyn stumbled onto the topic of digital rights.
"Corbyn says many people are frightened of new technology," report The Guardian. "He says it is claimed some MPs do not turn on their computers because they do not know how to."
"Downloading music for free sounds fine, he says. But this means musicians do not get paid. That is why digital rights are so important. He says he has not produced the last word on policy on this yet."
We would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Corbyn for clearing up why piracy is so naughty.
Thankfully he's not "produced the last word", as it'd be interesting to find out what he thinks about issues in 2016 as opposed to, erm, 2000.
The best take-away from this speech is we now know what to get him for Christmas.
The Digital Democracy Manifesto is described as a work-in-progress, but you can have a read now.
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