The United Kingdom parliament has passed the Digital Economy Bill, an extensive and controversial piece of legislation, by a vote of 189 to 47. The legislation includes online copyright infringement, Internet piracy, regulation of TV and radio, the classification of video games, regulations over ISPs, and other a number of digital topics and issues.

The bill, in itself is contrary complicated and extensive; having more than 40 different section involving and including online and digital media. The objective of this bill is check down the Internet piracy and illegal file-sharing; although it’s many critics believe is an overreaching piece of legislation. Its potential impact on public Wi-Fi and its harsh punishments for illegal file-sharing is well debated and going to be continued in coming times too.

However, until the bill is actually used and forced in the real world, it is difficult to tell what its impact would go to be in coming time and period. And its protest is already is being visible on Twitter, though is surrounded around the #Debill hashtag.