—Youngsters want filesharing legalised: 55 percent of those aged 16-24 say sharing copyrighted music and film should be legal, says Ofcom’s UK adults media literacy survey (methodology: 812 interviews). Well, they would say that, wouldn’t they? They are the most likely to file-share.

—Disconnection without hearing opposed: 68 percent of people want a court hearing to preface any disconnection from their ISP, according to a YouGov poll for the Open Rights Group, which opposes disconnections, aired on Guardian.co.uk (methodology: online poll of 1,967 adults).

—MPs group fighting Mandelson: The All-Party Parliamentary Communications group (apComms) is opposing the business minister’s proposal that disconnection be a last resort (here’s our full report): “Much of the problem with illegal sharing of copyrighted material has been caused by the rightsholders, and the music industry in particular, being far too slow in getting their act together and making popular legal alternatives.”

—C4 ed also opposes: C4 education commissioning editor Alice Taylor (on Creative Scotland site Perspectives: “We must not let these dying behemoths take away someone’s internet access – and connection to the world – for some accusatory, unprovable ‘piracy’ claim, ever.” Protection “restricts a person’s ability, as a creator, to be discovered”.

—Tories tear up Digital Britain: Shadow culture secretary Jeremy Hunt (via FT.com) would scrap Lord Carter’s proposed £0.50-a-month levy on copper phone lines, which would fund next-gen broadband, as well as the proposal to fund certain activities by top-slicing BBC funds. Here, he takes another swipe at the BBC’s scale and regulation.

Indeed, though a digital economy bill is due to be formulated, the chances of it seeing light of day if a new government is elected less year are darkening.