Eurorights Launched

LarsG writes: "Eurorights is an european open community effort similar to OpenLaw. The main goal is to provide a central european resource to gather information and craft legal arguments to make sure that the upcoming copyright directive in EU does not become a new DMCA." Best of luck. You've got an uphill battle in front of you.

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Re:Euro DMCA

[Ed Avis]

The trouble is, most of this stuff is decided by the European Commission - which is appointed, not elected - and its civil servants. A directly-elected Commission might help; or transferring more of its powers to the European Parliament; or transferring them downwards to elected national governments.

I don't really see the need for standardized European copyright law. It would be better to let each member state decide what laws were appropriate for its conditions. That would lead to better-quality, more friendly laws and competition between member states to make the best environment for business. All that the Commission would need to do is make sure that countries don't discriminate against copyrighted works created in other member states, treating them with exactly the same protection as those created at 'home'.

not neccessarily uphill...

[grammar nazi]

...instead, it's a windy and involves getting the politicians to understand that there are people (citizens) who have opinions in technical matters. It's not just the corporations running the tech industry.