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[DMCA-Activists] IPJ News: UK Outlaws File-Sharing and Circumvention Devices |
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Thu, 06 Nov 2003 10:31:47 -0500 |
(Forwarded from Digital Copyright list)
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From: "Olga Francois" <address@hidden>
Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2003 09:30:30 -0500
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Subject: IPJ News: UK Outlaws File-Sharing and Circumvention Devices
Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2003 17:38:33 -0800
From: IP Justice <address@hidden>
To: address@hidden
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IP Justice Newsletter ~ Nov. 5, 2003
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In this Issue:
1. EU Copyright Directive Takes Effect in United Kingdom
UK Outlaws File-Sharing and Circumvention Devices
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1. EU Copyright Directive Takes Effect in United Kingdom
UK Outlaws File-Sharing and Circumvention Devices
The United Kingdom has become the sixth European nation to implement
the
controversial European Union Copyright Directive (EUCD) into national
law.
The UKs Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No.
2498)
amended the UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act of 1988 to provide
greater
rights to copyright holders. The new went into effect on October 31,
2003
and included many substantial changes to UK copyright law.
The regulations create a broad new right to make copyrighted works
available to the public that criminalizes P2P file-sharing of music.
Under
the new law, a British citizen can now get two years in prison for
swapping
music over the Internet.
Similar to the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), the new UK
law
outlawed devices and information that can assist in bypassing
technological
restrictions such as Digital Rights Management (DRM) schemes. The UK
ban
is so broad that it jeopardizes cryptographic research because it
outlaws
all commercial uses of technical information including its possession
and
distribution.
Its disheartening to see yet another national legislature being forced
to
change its domestic laws and imprison its citizens for file-sharing of
music or for publishing certain technical information, said Robin
Gross,
Executive Director of IP Justice, an international civil liberties
organization that promotes more balanced copyright laws.
The new UK copyright law also creates new powers for copyright holders
to
obtain injunctions against Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for the
allegedly infringing acts of their customers or others.
UK Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003 (SI 2003 No. 2498):
http://www.legislation.hmso.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032498.htm
UK Copyright Office on EUCD Implementation:
http://www.patent.gov.uk/copy/notices/2003/copy_direct3.htm
Information on legal bans against circumvention in Europe and the US:
http://www.ipjustice.org/hotspots.shtml
Circumvention Prohibitions Reconsidered: Why Americas Mistake is
Europes
Future
By Robin D. Gross, Esq.
http://www.ipjustice.org/eucd012903.shtml
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IP Justice is an international civil liberties organization that
promotes
balanced intellectual property law. IP Justice defends individual
rights
to
use digital media worldwide and is a registered California non-profit
organization. IP Justice was founded in 2002 by Robin D. Gross, who
serves
as its Executive Director. To learn more about IP Justice, visit the
website at http://www.ipjustice.org
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