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Finland Adopts New Copyright Legislation

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the killing-my-eyes-kill-danny dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "Finland has adopted European Union Copyright Directive with new changes to its national legislation, giving Finland one of the most record label friendly pieces of legislation in Europe. The article has a good summary of the new law's changes to the old, rather flexible legislation."

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  1. Well you know by truckaxle · · Score: 3, Funny

    You can never trust those Finlander's .... oh wait .....

  2. So.... by maynard · · Score: 5, Funny

    ....You can smoke pot, but don't you dare illegally download music! Hmmm.... --M

  3. Holy crap... by Jesselnz · · Score: 3, Funny

    This actually makes me glad to be an american... for the first time in a while...

  4. Re:World Wide Government by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Somalia. Money can't by what doesn't exist.

  5. Implications for hardware could be severe... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Possession of tools that allow circumventing copy protection mechanisms will be illegal. Even for personal use."

    So, I guess this means the new Finnish keyboard will be without a "Shift" key.

    1. Re:Implications for hardware could be severe... by Hymer · · Score: 3, Funny

      No... That means MS Windows is now a forbidden OS in Finland... the "shift-key bypass" is a feature in MS Windows...

      Anyone using Windows should now format the drive containing the tool of evil...
      ...and everybody must contact the authorities so the distribution of Windows in Finland can be stopped ASAP...

  6. Fatality by lordmoose · · Score: 5, Funny
    Lawyer: Your Honor, this young man was caught downloading illegal music

    Judge: Finnish him!

  7. Re:Why are you glad? by rovingeyes · · Score: 4, Funny

    I agree with you partner. A true American would prepare to invade that country and spread freedom and liberty!