French Anti-Piracy Proposal Undermines E.U. Telecommunications OverhaulThe European Parliament on Wednesday rejected a long-planned revision of the Continent’s telecommunications laws because of a controversial provision to punish Internet pirates. (Via NYT > Technology.)
UK – Call to ‘disconnect file-sharers’: “(BBC) Persistent illegal file-sharers should be cut off from the net, an alliance of UK creative industries will tell the government later. The alliance wants the government to force…
European Parliament vetoes telecoms reform, demands court order for ISP disconnection: “Internet service providers should only be able to disconnect users on the order of a court, the European Parliament has said. The demand has…
Post from: TorrentFreak EU Rejects Three-Strikes Legislation, For Good For the fifth time in a year the European Parliament has spoken out against tougher anti-piracy legislation that would allow alleged file-sharers to be disconnected from…
(Via TorrentFreak.) Taiwan Bans Torrent Sites, Brings in 3 Strikes for File-Sharers Yesterday Taiwan passed revisions to its copyright laws which hit file-sharing pretty hard. The amendment makes it a crime to use P2P technology…
IP minister rules out ‘three strikes’ disconnection law: “The Government minister responsible for intellectual property has ruled out a ‘three strikes’ law denying internet access to illegal file sharers. David Lammy said cutting off users…
Setback for Sarkozy as French parliament rejects controversial internet law: “President Sarkozy suffered an embarrassing setback in his efforts to curb illegal downloading when an opposition ploy led Parliament to reject a controversial new law…
French pass ‘three strikes’ file-sharing law: “In a decision that is likely to alarm file-sharers worldwide, an almost empty French National Assembly has finally voted through its ‘three strikes law’ designed to clamp down on…
Post from: TorrentFreak France to Block The Pirate Bay, Disconnect File-Sharers In order to clamp down on piracy the French have passed a new law requiring Internet service providers to cut off Internet access for…
Kiwis scrap ‘three strikes’ P2P policy: “ Frenchie copyright law gets rewrite New Zealand has temporarily abandoned its plans to enact a French-style ‘three-strikes’ internet policy that forces ISPs to disconnect customers repeatedly accused of…