There are a lot of sites and services that, for commercial or ideological reasons, are contemptuous of copyright and other forms of intellectual property, and it is reasonable for society to address that problem in intelligent and proportionate ways that do not do more harm than good.
Last year, the Independent Police Complaints Commission found that officers had acted in a "proportionate" way when they Tasered a 17-year-old who was behaving in a threatening manner at her Blackpool home.
Chief Constable Craig Mackey, the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) head for stop and search said: "Powers to stop and search can play an important part in keeping our communities safe from terrorism but should always be used in a proportionate way, recognising the critical need to retain local confidence.
Spot checks by customs officials are not illegal, providing they are carried out in a proportionate way.
Let me be clear, this is not about being 'soft' on crime, but about ensuring that justice is done in a proportionate way.
And again, the governor reiterates that there's a considerable toolkit to hand, we've used a proportion of it in a proportionate way.
Mark Flanagan, the managing director of Chrysalis, which owns LBC, said the company had already dealt with the issue in a proportionate way.
We need the Met to continue to police protest in a proportionate way and not to escalate its use of force.
Commander Simon Bray, the National Police Chiefs Councill's lead on NPSs, said: "There are all sorts of options around problem-solving in a proportionate way, so the ban is not too heavy-handed on the more social end".
New opportunities such as social investment, social enterprise and social entrepreneurship are still not well understood and too few organisations are able to demonstrate the impact they are having in a proportionate way, the report said.
