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

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

  2. 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.

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

    Judge: Finnish him!