[Gllug] Not too far away

[James McGuigan]

John Hearns wrote:
> http://www.videolan.org/eucd.html
> http://eucd.info/index.php?English-readers
> 
> Note the tactic of putting this before their parliament on Dec 22nd
> so no-one will notice.
> 

In this case the tactic seems to have backfired, with a 30-28 vote to effectively
legalize downloading copyright material via P2P networks in exchange for a voluntary
€9/month tariff/tax.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=avOoTq8aXkU8&refer=europe

The law isn't finalized yet, and IIRC still needs a another vote elsewhere. I'm sure
the big-media lobbyists will be getting hyperactive over this, but on the plus side
at least it will force the issue into the public spotlight and avoid dark-sides
favoured tactic of getting laws passed through the backdoor while no one else is looking.

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