EU Strikes Down French "3 Strikes" Copyright Infringement Law

Erris writes "Opendotdotdot has good news about laws in the EU: 'EU culture ministers yesterday (20 November) rejected French proposals to curb online piracy through compulsory measures against free downloading ... [and instead pushed] for "a fair balance between the various fundamental rights" while fighting online piracy, first listing "the right to personal data protection," then "the freedom of information" and only lastly "the protection of intellectual property." [This] indicates that the culture ministers and their advisers are beginning to understand the dynamics of the Net, that throttling its use through crude instruments like the "three strikes and you're out" is exactly the wrong thing to do.'"

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Interesting tags

[zappepcs]

suddenoutbreakofcommonsense seems appropriate, though when a skydiver is hurtling toward the ground, and waits a long time to open their chute, the observers on the ground do not say "wow, a sudden outbreak of common sense." Typically what is uttered is more along the lines of "holy shit, that was fucking close"

But you be the judge