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EU Paves the Way For Three-Strikes Cut-Off Policy

Posted by samzenpus on from the no-internet-for-you dept.

Mark.JUK writes "The European Parliament has surrendered to pressure from Member States (especially France) by abandoning amendment 138, a provision adopted on two occasions by an 88% majority of the plenary assembly, and which aimed to protect citizens' right to Internet access. The move paves the way for an EU wide policy supporting arbitrary restrictions of Internet access. Under the original text any restriction of an individual could only be taken following a prior judicial ruling. The new update has completely removed this, meaning that governments now have legal grounds to force Internet providers (ISPs) into disconnecting their customers from the Internet (i.e. such as when 'suspected' of illegal p2p file sharing)."

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  1. Those darn French! by Locke2005 · · Score: 4, Funny

    What is the basis of this bias they have against our basic human right to download free porn?

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  2. Re:Ah, that nice French law... by Talderas · · Score: 2, Funny

    I suggest defenestration instead of putting them to the sword. The former is far more entertaining, if only because you get to say 'defenestrate'.

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  3. Re:cultural protectionism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    yeah... yoo stoopid EU countries. embrace english, coca-cola and all the good stuff.
    otherwise, we smart usa people, cant understand you.
    amen.

  4. The solution seems obvious by BlahBlahWhatBlah · · Score: 2, Funny

    The Situation:
    It is easy to claim copyright over anything you personally produce.
    There appears to be no significant penalty for wrongful accusation of copyright infringement.
    They are paving the way for copyright infringement accusations (*3) to cause revocation of internet access.


    The Solution:
    Make some copyright material.
    Accuse the children of every European politician, every senior public servant and every corporate executive of copyright infringement, three times.
    We have computers. This could be done quite efficiently.
    Sit back and watch.