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UK Becomes Sixth Country to Implement EUCD
orbital3 writes "The UK, as of October 31, 2003, became the sixth nation to implement the laws required to comply with the European Union Copyright Directive with its Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 legislation. This is a short little article about it and here is a copy of the law itself."
We saw an episode of MI-5 (aka Spooks) in the last month on A&E that covered something similar. I couldn't help but think they were making fun of the Americans and all their silly labels and OTT melodrama. Even after watching that, I don't suppose the Americans will understand what it is about their attitudes and actions that annoy people elsewhere.
"We have no written Constitution, in the sense that the US does, so the usual mechanism for overturning silly laws across the pond is out"
What does the form of the US consitution have to do with it? So the US constition is codified in to one single document whereas the UK one is several documents, case law, etc. I'm guessing it's because it takes a constitutional expert to really understand it... what did you mean? Personally I'm glad that the UK doesn't have a signle document - the constitution remains flexible enough to reflect the current world rather than being stuck in the past. Just listen to the Americans arguing incessantly over ideas that belong in the wild west (i.e. the past) such as gun ownership. Drives me bonker.