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E.U. Commission Suggests Permissive Copyright Rule

Posted by timothy on from the no-harm-no-foul dept.

An anonymous reader submits "ITworld.com is reporting: 'The European Commission on Thursday presented a draft directive that punishes copyright infringement for commercial purposes, but leaves the home music downloader untouched, infuriating the entertainment industry.'"

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  1. w00t! by Xpilot · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ok, let's all move to Europe :)

    --
    "Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it." -- Linus Torvalds
  2. Sounds good but... by vandan · · Score: 5, Funny

    This sounds fair but I hope the Europeans aren't harbouring any weapons, because if they are, it's only a matter of time before big business whispers in the ear of the military. Next thing you know we've got UN weapons inspectors who can't find anything but have the harshest of 'suspicions' about what the Europenans are planning to do the the God-fearing, fun-loving, democratic nation of the USA.

    Seriously, this will not sit well with American companies. It will not be allowed.

    1. Re:Sounds good but... by amigaluvr · · Score: 1, Funny

      I think you might be underestimating things

      the USA has around 260million people. That's a lot for europe or other places to compare to

  3. OK, that's it.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We will stop exporting Britney Spears CDs as of now. See how ya like that!

    Oh wait...

  4. Re:w00t!-Revolutionary War. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Didn't we have a war to get away from Europe?

    No. Many of you were kicked out, forcibly deported or fled persecution of one kind or another. The others for the most part didn't have to fight to go.

    The "war" (rebellion would be more accurate) was to free yourselves from lawful authority and to avoid paying taxes, not to get away from Europe where (mostly) you weren't wanted anyway.

  5. Screw that by Sanity · · Score: 3, Funny

    As an Irish H1B Visa holder in the US, and recalling the pain an expense the INS made me endure, I can assure you that any American trying to get into the EU will be made to SUFFER - and SUFFER BAD!!! (if I have anything todo with it - which I won't).

  6. France has nukes too. by dark-nl · · Score: 3, Funny

    France is already pissed off at having to eat at Macdonellz and having to watch American movies. You mess with their oggs and LA gets vaporized, I tell you true.

  7. Re:America is the present by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    America is the present

    I'm very grateful for this present and I don't want to offend you, but I'd really like to exchange it for something else if that's okay.

  8. The European Commission on Thursday by Animus+Howard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, they have a commission on everything.

  9. Re:EU mostly made up of decrepit states by smetnoc · · Score: 1, Funny

    Sure, but most of the EU are lackey states, with decrepit cohesion, sort of waiting for their next handout. Sort of like bums lying in the gutter.

    Sort of like some American states, don't you think?
    :)

    Just kidding folks. This guy, of course, has no idea what he's babbling about.