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Italy Implements EU Copyright Directive

Posted by timothy on from the an-offer-to-refuse dept.

Rozzo writes "On 29 April 2003 in Italy will be effective a new law modeled from DMCA, called EUCD, under European Community directives, which seems a very bad thing :-( Italy will tax also every music or video recording support (cdr, dvdr, videotapes...) often doubling it's actual street price. it's a tribute of 0.33$ for each hour of music recordable on a cdr, 1$ every 4.7Gb on recordable dvd... TV, radios and medias quite didn't mention this new law to the public ... fearing a mass disapproval as happened in Finland. Read more about it (in English) here. You can check the status of the EUCD threatening law. Starting 29 April 2003 that new law and tributes will be applied, and the masses will know about it and (perhaps...;-) react. Here's an Open Letter to the Italian 'culture commission'."

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  1. We should support them by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    If the EU is so eager to follow the laws of the US despite all the obvious flaws, then the US should give them some starter tips as a gesture of goodwill. Someone send them a fat guy to sue the fast food companies.

  2. Re:From the same country that imprisoned Galileo . by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    So what does that say about the US then?

  3. $16 per cdr? by Alsee · · Score: 2, Funny

    0.33$ for each hour of music recordable on a cdr

    If I record my music at 32 kilobits per second that works out what, $16 per cdr?

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