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Euro DMCA Fails

Posted by Hemos on from the too-bad-so-sad dept.

Kr3m3Puff writes "Looks like the Euro DCMA has failed according to Yahoo! It seems that only two member nations had adopted the local law and therfore the Euro wide law will not be adopted. The BSA is complaining they have no protections." Update: 12/23 17:50 GMT by T : That's DMCA rather than DCMA -- silly acronyms.

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  1. Hmmm... by rickthewizkid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Now when will the USA version fall?

    Or, when can I move to europe? :)
    -RickTheWizKid

  2. The DMCA is pretty ineffective anyway... by Valar · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Sure, the RIAA and MPAA and their buddies in the government have tried to apply the DMCA to every aspect of life, but if you look at how it is being enforced, versus how it could be enforced it really isn't that bad. Afterall, they could break your door down, tear gas your dog, spray you in the face with pepper spray then push you down the stairs for DMCA violation...or at least that's what they told me.

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  3. Rejoice! by WPIDalamar · · Score: 4, Insightful

    You guys sure are lucky over there to have politicians that can actually think without being prompted by big-business. Go EU!

  4. What I don't get... by BorgDrone · · Score: 5, Insightful

    From the article:

    With hopes dashed of having a strong copyright law in place for the start of 2003, media and software companies complain that they are largely unprotected from digital piracy

    I don't get this, making copies of copyrighted content was already illegal, why would they need extra laws for digital content ? Why would a law that forbids decrypting data protect them any more than they are now ? It's not like the pirates are suddenly going to care about the fact that what they doing is illegal.