Europe dumps ‘criminalize P2P filesharing’ scheme
p2pnet news | Music:- Terrible news from Europe for Hollywood and the Big 4 organised music gang
The European Parliament has thrown out entertainment industry inspired efforts to criminalize file sharing.
In a plenary vote, it also dumped the idea of banning so-called “copyright abusers” from the Net, says InfoWorld.
But it was a close thing with 314 MEPs (Members of the European Parliament), “voting in favor of an amendment to scrap what many consider draconian and disproportionate measures to protect copyright over the internet, and 297 voting against the amendment,” says the story, going on:
“The vote shows that MEPs want to strike a balance between the interests of rights holders and those of consumers, and that big measures like cutting off Internet access shouldn’t be used,” said Malene Folke Chaucheprat, a European Parliament spokeswoman, shortly after the vote.
The report isn’t legally binding, “but it could help thwart efforts by France, which has already adopted such measures, to push the issue at a European political level.
Says the BBC >>>
The amendment was added to the so-called Bono Report on the Cultural Industries. This was written by French MEP Guy Bono to inform forthcoming European parliament policy that would encourage growth in the region’s creative industries.
The amendment called on the EC and its member nations to “avoid adopting measures conflicting with civil liberties and human rights and with the principles of proportionality, effectiveness and dissuasiveness, such as the interruption of internet access.”
Warner Music, EMI, Vivendi Universal and Sony BMG’s IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI),” called the amendment “badly drafted,” intimating it isn’t about to give up its efforts onon behalf of the Big 4 to gain control of how, and by whom, corporate ‘product’ is distributed online
“We look forward to a full discussion in the European Parliament in the coming months on how best to address copyright theft online,” it said, according to the BBC.
French president president Nicolas Sarkozy, too, has called for a ‘three strikes’ rule for anyone “found guilty of internet piracy”.http://www.p2pnet.net/story/14945, parroting a scheme which originated with Denis Olivennes, chairman of Fnac, probably France’s largest distributor of DVDs and CDs.
“One badly drafted, rushed through amendment was adopted which is in contradiction to the rest of the text,” InfoWorld has IFPI mouthperson Frances Moore saying.
But, “the Open Rights Group argued that criminalizing copyright abuse by individuals eager to build their media library and not profit from copyright-protected material is draconian and inefficient at tackling illegal file sharing,” adds the story.
(Thanks, Free Thinker)
InfoWorld – Europe rejects plan to criminalize file-sharing, April 11, 2008
BBC – Europe rejects anti-piracy plans , April 11, 2008
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April 11th, 2008 at 10:52 am
haha! The Cartel no longer have enough money to corrupt efficiently!
The End is near! Good!
April 11th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
europe’s getting wise, demonoid is back, things are starting to look up for us!
May 28th, 2008 at 3:56 am
Good, their capers are starting to get stale. Interesting temporary diversion during p2p activity, that’s all, but time to move on