IP: Update on the European law that would make caching illegal.

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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>From: Paul Hill [mailto:phill@cisco.com] 
>Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 7:28 AM
>
>
>Hi all,
>
>There's a good synopsis of the European anti-pirating law that has the
>effect of making caching illegal at the BBC URL below.  It passed its
>first reading due to ignorance but both sides are now arguing for
>modification to exempt caches.
>
>It has been complicated by the fact that the Euro-commissioner
>concerned was forced to resign along with the rest of them for
>corruption.  There's no news on when (if!) the clause will be struck
>out before the bill becomes law later this year.
>
>There's also a 10 minute audio file on the problem from the marketing
>VP of Cisco's caching technology partner, Mirror Image Internet.
>
>http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid%5F298000/298498.stm
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>Regards,
>Paul Hill
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