[IP] Ministers Pushing EU Directive that will Harm Industry

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne@warpspeed.com>
Date: October 4, 2005 9:11:41 PM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net@warpspeed.com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Ministers Pushing EU Directive that will Harm  
Industry
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[Note:  This item comes from reader Brian Berg.  DLH]


> From: bberg@bswd.com (Brian A. Berg)
> Date: October 4, 2005 5:59:25 PM PDT
> To: dewayne@warpspeed.com
> Subject: Ministers Pushing EU Directive that will Harm Industry
>
>
> Ministers Pushing EU Directive that will Harm Industry
> ------------------------------------------------------
>  <http://www.politechbot.com/2005/10/04/uk-government-pushing/>
>
> The government is using the UK's presidency of the European Union to
> push an intellectual property enforcement directive (IPRED) which will
> harm British industry and undermine basic freedoms, according to
> Internet think-tank the Foundation for Information Policy Research
> (FIPR).
>
> The directive will force the UK to make patent infringement a crime,
> and will also criminalise incitement to infringe patents or  
> copyrights.
> It is being promoted by the big drug companies and the music industry.
>
> If passed, the police will have more powers against copyright  
> infringers
> than they have against terrorists. At present, the EU cannot freeze
> assets if a suspected terrorist financier is a European citizen.  
> Yet the
> Government wants to empower IP lawyers to seize the assets of EU
> citizens accused of aiding and abetting infringement -- such as the
> parents of children who might have downloaded music files.
> [...]

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