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Alan Cox Attacks the European DMCA

Posted by chrisd on from the alan-cox-is-xoc-nala-spelled-backwards dept.

forged writes "The Register already reported Alan Cox's involvement against the proposed European Union Copyright Directive before. Today, Alan Cox has issued a wake up call to the Linux community amid concerns that the pending EUCD could stymie open source development. "The directive, which was approved last year, extends European copyright legislation so that it is even more restrictive than America's controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)."" If you haven't joined the EFF (or the equivalent in your country) , now might be a good time.

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  1. Where will Alan Go? by Christianfreak · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well if this passes in Europe I wonder where Alan Cox will move too. South America. Pretty soon he might have to consider the moon...

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  2. Re:MODERATORS: A PLEA by Permission+Denied · · Score: 3, Funny
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    You have done absolutely nothing but post to Slashdot all day. This is a Tuesday for Christ's sake. Slashdot karma should be the least of your worries. Get a job, go to class, do some homework or read a book - you went to Columbia, you won't find sufficient intellectual stimulation reading slashdot all day. Seriously, turn off the computer. If there's something wrong, you're not going to find any answers on slashdot.