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[FYI] EU delays digital copyright directive
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- Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2000 21:00:28 +0200
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08 June 2000
EU delays digital copyright directive
The proposed European Union digital copyright directive has once
again been put on hold. EU lawmakers are trying to broker a consensus
between disagreeing member states.
[...]
Partner Steven Cattoor at Dutch firm Loeff Claeys Verbeke explains
the problem: "A minority of companies, led by France and with the
support of Italy and Belgium, pleads for the strongest possible
protection in terms of limits on and compensation for private copying
over the Internet, and the majority, led by the UK and the
Netherlands, fears that over-protection of content on the Internet
will hinder its development."
The directive was first proposed in 1997. Cattoor continues:
"Unfortunately the European Council has not been able to take this
opportunity to create the necessary certainty in this area. Indeed,
national laws still differ on several issues, and the application of
the "classic" principles of copyright to the digital environment may
lead to inconsistent and ambiguous jurisprudence." The European
Council of Ministers will take until to approve and then adopt a
final version of the directive which satisfies all requirements.
[...]
Meanwhile a survey of CEOs of top US software companies found that
copyright protection, trade opportunities and workforce development
are crucial to building the economy.
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