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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. Late == canceled? by Soft · · Score: 5, Interesting
    It seems that only two member nations had adopted the local law and therfore the Euro wide law will not be adopted.

    Don't rejoice too fast; I fail to understand how the article implies that most member countries being late means that the directive will not be implemented...

  2. Only two nations... by Fyz · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ... Unfurtunately, I happen to live in Denmark, one of the two. We have a small, private organization going by the name of Anti Pirate Group, who get issued warrants from local judges, and afterwards basically bust into people's homes, rummaging through their computers and CD collection in search of pirate material.

    There have been cases where they have denied the owner the right to an attorney, on the grounds that "it would take too long", and other similarly unfair treatment of suspected pirates.

    Another case was when they confiscated a computer from a 13-year old attending a LAN party, and then have him, to his great embarrasment, hauled downtown for questioning without attendence of his legal guardian.

    A recent competition of their making was hacked, and the email addresses of the participants were signed up on just about every spamlist in existance.

    Can't say I feel much sympathy...

  3. BSA by mslinux · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Was Microsoft the founder of the BSA? It seems kinda odd to me that only a few dozen companies are a part of the BSA and that most of those companies, with the exception of Apple and IBM, have close ties to MS.

    Does anyone know who exactly is behind the BSA?

    Thanks!

  4. Re:What I don't get... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Well, now they'll have to settle for the boring old way of: waiting until infringement occurs, finding the infringer, filing papers in court, you know, the same old 20th-century, pre-9/11 routine.

    With these new laws they can bypass all that fluff and get right the ISP takedown and the FBI black-bag operations. And they can arrest people for pre-crimes (making tools instead of actually infringing). Maybe someday they can just get court orders to monitor anyone over the age of 8 who shows interest in computers (interest in computers == interest in breaking the law, don't you know?).

    But for now, they'll just have to learn that in Europe, you bribe politicians with hookers, not money. They'll be back soon, harlots in hand, and soon they can sleep safely in their beds.

  5. Re:Sigh... EU Directive != DMCA by phulshof · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Can you please point out the part where it establishes a 'right' to exercise the equivalent of 'fair-use'?