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Euro Parliament Warns Against Overzealous IP Enforcement

Posted by timothy on from the death-to-whistlers-of-beatles-tunes dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Days after New Zealand dropped its support for the 'three strikes and you're out' approach for terminating Internet subscribers, the European Parliament has now similarly rejected the proposed approach. Today the EP adopted a new report on security and fundamental freedoms on the Internet that expressly rejects disproportionate measures for IP enforcement and the use of excessive access restrictions placed by IP rights holders."

2 of 73 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Abusers turn their attention to the Internet. by QuantumG · · Score: 5, Funny

    Piracy is a serious issue.

    Indeed, but copyright is a fucking joke.

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    How we know is more important than what we know.
  2. Re:wonderfull news! by 91degrees · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They are. The Council can quite effectively ignore the EP by afgreeing to implement the measures as part of national policy.

    It's a shame. The EP is the only democratically elected part of the organisation, and the genuinely seem to have our best interests at heart.