European Parliament Blocks Copyright Reform With 113% Voter Turnout

New submitter mcmadman writes "In a bizarre turn of events, the legal affairs committee of the European Parliament, voted to weaken a reform of the copyright monopoly for allowing re-publication and access to orphan works. What is surprising is that the voter turnout happened to be 113%. That there were three votes too many, and that these three votes determined the outcome, was pointed out to the committee. Unfortunately, when this was done, along with formally requesting a re-vote, the re-vote was denied."

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Article is a hoax: see references

[fantomas]

Article refers to a hoax blog posting which the article believed was true. Read down through the comments, no evidence backing up the article's claim beyond the article writer saying "I read it on an assistant to the meeting's blog post". Readers of the article link to the minutes of the meeting which show the actual vote was 22-1.

Political activist quotes blog post which itself has no definitive references and makes unsubstantiated claim. Slashdot picks up on article refering to blog post.