IP: Update on the European law that would make caching illegal.

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From: Paul Hill [mailto:phill () cisco com] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 1999 7:28 AM
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> There's a good synopsis of the European anti-pirating law that has the
> effect of making caching illegal at the BBC URL below.  It passed its
> first reading due to ignorance but both sides are now arguing for
> modification to exempt caches.
>
> It has been complicated by the fact that the Euro-commissioner
> concerned was forced to resign along with the rest of them for
> corruption.  There's no news on when (if!) the clause will be struck
> out before the bill becomes law later this year.
>
> There's also a 10 minute audio file on the problem from the marketing
> VP of Cisco's caching technology partner, Mirror Image Internet.
>
> http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid%5F298000/298498.stm
>
> Regards,
> Paul Hill
> -- 
> Paul A. Hill
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