EU states, lawmakers on Internet collision course

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: dewayne () warpspeed com (Dewayne Hendricks)
Date: April 22, 2009 7:39:33 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <xyzzy () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] EU states, lawmakers on Internet collision course

EU STATES, LAWMAKERS ON INTERNET COLLISION COURSE

European Union states are headed for a collision course with the  
bloc's parliament as a spat over how to tackle illegal downloads  
threatened a wider telecom reform. There is broad agreement over the  
reform package, authored by EU Telecoms Commissioner Viviane Reding,  
but a last-minute standoff between member countries and parliament has  
put back final adoption to May at the earliest. The battle over  
copyright abuse has emerged as a final sticking point between EU  
states and the European Parliament, which have joint say. The issue  
was not part of Reding's reform, which covers infrastructure rather  
than content. To help crack down on illegal downloading or sharing of  
copyright material, the two sides agree that an Internet service  
provider should be able to cut a subscriber's access if there is  
approval from "a competent legal authority."

<http://www.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUSTRE53K36Q20090421>

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