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Finland Drops EUCD For Now
replicant_deckard writes "Electronic Frontier Finland just got a huge legal victory. They report the local DMCA-copy (based on EU copyright directive) was dropped today at the parliament after heavy criticism. So far just two EU nations have accepted the innovation threatening law. Campaigns go on in different European states. They need your support!" cabra771 writes "The European Commission has put up a new proposal dealing with online music piracy that appears to have slightly upset a few people."
You hear plenty of complaints about people who plugged their new DVD player into the line-ins of their VCR because their TV has no RCA plugs. Under such a scenario, macrovision kicks in even when just playing a DVD 'through' the VCR, whether you're recording or not.
The only recourse is a new TV, or a $20 signal booster. And I've seen many people get pretty pissed when they realized this.
I don't need no instructions to know how to rock!!!!
It's not very difficult to defeat Macrovison from what i recall a couple resitors will do it. Or a 20 dollar box puchased online or at RadioShac
For a status of the implementation of the EUCD, look here .
Too bad my country didn't see why the EUCD is totally bogus. I'm not allowed to buy my region 1 DVD's here in Denmark anymore, so I have to import them. My favourite DVD stores are closing. :-(
zWhat would an EWOULDBLOCK block, if an EWOULDBLOCK could block would? -- me
Write to your government officials and let them know that you're against this law and point out that it's been used in the USA primarily to suppress research, stifle competition and delay innovation. Argue that since copyright infringement laws already exist (They do in most countries) this law is neither necessary nor well advised.
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
No court can "make law" (that's for politicians on European, member state and local level), the job of a court is to determine whether or not the law has been followed. In the case of the EU, case law and treaties dictate that the European Court of Justice has the final juristiction in disputes between member states where the treaties are concerned, and failure to implement EU directives as national law is breaching the treaties. Since the power to enforce the law is still with the member states, it's not like the EU Court could use force to get its will through -- but the whole framework of the EU depends on member states abiding by the rulings. Failure to do so can result in very heavy fines, as determined by the court, and the eventual exclusion from the Union.