Rightswatch Explores European Takedown Options

An anonymous reader writes "RightsWatch, an EC funded consortium consisting of media and other rightsholders, ISP's, content providers, privacy advocates and user groups recently published a white paper providing guidelines on notice and takedown procedures in Europe. The intent seems to be to provide a mechanism for dealing with the issue of publishing copyrighted or illegal content on the Internet. The paper attempts to strike a balance between the rights of the end-user, those of the rightsholder, and the issue of indemnity for the ISP's and content providers stuck in the middle. Is this going to be how notice and takedown is dealt with throughout Europe in future?"