[FYI] EU copyright compromise reached

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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EU copyright compromise reached   

By Deborah Hargreaves in Brussels   

Published: February 5 2001 20:25GMT |   

Last Updated: February 5 2001 20:43GMT   

The European parliament's legal affairs committee agreed on Monday to 
compromise on far-reaching amendments proposed to the EU's 
legislation on copyright.   

MEPs in the influential committee passed changes to the copyright 
rules that would tighten up restrictions on private copying of music 
and films, but voted against extending the current system of levies 
on CDs and videotapes to the Internet.   

[...]  

Mr Boselli's amendment, agreed on Monday, will restrict copies made 
by individuals of films and music to strictly private use. This would 
stop Napster, the US file-swapping service from operating its 
swapping system for music in the EU without authorisation from the 
recording artists.   

[...]  

The legal affairs committee also agreed another change to the 
copyright rules that would allow broadcasters to use material from 
their archives on the Internet without authorisation from the 
copyright holders. This amendment has been bitterly opposed by rights 
holders.   

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