[FYI] EU heeds labels' complaints on piracy law

["Axel H Horns" <axel.h.horns@gmx.net>]

http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-1003578.html

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EU heeds labels' complaints on piracy law  

By Matthew Broersma  

Special to CNET News.com  

May 16, 2003, 12:43 PM PT  

A new European Union proposal for harmonizing intellectual property 
law enforcement across member states has come under criticism from 
the first parliamentary committee to review it.  

The committee has suggested that the proposal may need to be modified 
to better reflect the interests of the music and film industries.  

[...]

This approach hit a flat note with the International Federation of 
the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), however, which in January issued a 
"dismayed" statement calling for the proposed measures to be beefed 
up. "The (European) Commission's proposal is inadequate in view of 
the magnitude of the piracy problem and fails to introduce urgently 
needed measures to hold back the epidemic of counterfeiting," the 
record industry trade group stated.  

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