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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.
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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.
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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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