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EU IP Enforcement Directive Criticized

Posted by michael on from the just-words dept.

wiredog writes "A commentary at ZDNet UK concerning the proposed EU IP Enforcement Directive describes it as being as bad as, or possibly worse than, the American DMCA. Some snippets: 'You want to change the tyres on your 2006 model Ford Prefect? Anything other than genuine Ford tyres -- with the genuine Ford ID chip -- will disable your car. In the brave new world of the Directive, singing ... in public with your hat on the floor would be a crime,... You can imagine how much the police are going to enjoy having to cope with that.' It closes with the observation that "intellectual property is verging on thought crime."" Civil liberties groups have sent a letter to EU urging that the proposal be rejected.

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  1. people care to much on the other side of the pond by lostinchicago · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    they outlaw guns, itunes, and now they cant just leave ip's alone

  2. I don't see the problem by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Let's face it and speak bluntly. Two hundred years of immigration to the America and Australia by those with ambition represents an unspoken of brain drain of Old Europe. The ambitious, adventuous and creative of Europe left for lands with much more opportunity. What was left behind were the folks with peasant mentalities or outright idlers and lay-abouts.

    If you doubt that, look at the slugs Old Europe has elected or how quick Europeans have been to embrace totalitarian governments.

    I don't see that population of slouches being bothered in the slightest by such a draconian law. It is best we not waste our energies fighting for those passive types, rather we should concentrate our fight in the New World were a brighter population gives us more chance of success.

  3. I wonder by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I wonder how long it will take the liberals to blame Bush for this....

  4. Hah! I'm Canadian ;) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    God am I ever so glad that the Canadian government has decided that it's more worth their while to decriminalize marijuana than to implement digital copyright/IP protective measures. With gay marriage next on the agenda and more bickering with the provinical governments in store, it's likely that Canada won't harmonize itself with Europe and the US on this issue for a while. Ah, the True North!