p2pnet news | P2P:- Andrea Monti, an expert on copyright and Net law, interprets the new Italian copyright law as authorizing users to, "publish and freely share copyrighted music (p2p included)," says Slashdot, quoting plainwhitetoast.

"The new law, already approved by both legislative houses, indeed says that one is allowed to publish freely, through the Internet, free of charge, images and music at low resolution or "degraded," for scientific or educational use, and only when such use is not for profit,. says the post, adding:

"As Monti says in the interview, those who wrote it didn’t realize that the word ‘degraded’ is technical, with a very precise meaning, which includes MP3s, which are compressed with an algorithm that ensures a quality loss.

"The law will be effective after the appropriate decree of the ministry, and will probably have an impact on pending p2p judicial cases."

Slashdot it!

Also See:
Slashdot – Italian Parliament To Mistakenly Legalize MP3 P2P, February , 2005

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