EU Parliament Group Opposes Long Copyrights and Oppressive DRM

the_arrow writes "Apparently there are some politicians who 'get it.' At least it seems that way after reading an entry on the blog of Rick Falkvinge (founder of the Swedish Pirate Party). He says the Green party group, fifth largest in the European Parliament, has officially adopted several of the Pirate Party's stances in a new position paper (PDF). The Greens say, 'the copyright monopoly does not extend to what an ordinary person can do with ordinary equipment in their home and spare time,' adding that a 20-year protection term is more reasonable than 70 years. They go on to say, 'Net Neutrality must be guaranteed,' and also mention DRM: 'It must always be legal to circumvent DRM restrictions, and we should consider introducing a ban in the consumer rights legislation on DRM technologies that restrict legal uses of a work.'"

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misleading title

[kelemvor4]

LOL "Politicians" who get it, then it turns out to be an article about the "founder of the pirate party". Well, a chuckle is always good on a Friday afternoon I suppose!

So in EU, consumers have rights, creators don't?

[xyourfacekillerx]

is that their vision of the future there? Hey I'm all for liberating media from DRM, as long as you paid for the content. Aside from the absurdity of their stance on property ownership, let's all just keep in mind content creators make money, which pays taxes, which keeps the government running. I don't expect the government to curb that revenue any time soon just so a few jerks with expensive equipment can sit around rippin DVD's and blurays all day.