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Music industry tries to hijack serious crime legislation in Europe

23-11-2005 8:49pm

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Pa ElGrande

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When the UK Presidency suggested to the EU that telecoms service providers and ISPs should be forced to retain information about the telephone calls you make and the sites you visit, they stated that it was an essential “balance” struck between liberty and security: a grave compromise necessitated by the threat of terrorism and serious crime.

We don’t remember them mentioning “and might help the recording industry fish for file-sharing networks, DRM workarounds, and spurious patent infringers”.

read on.....

http://www.openrightsgroup.org/2005/11/23/music-industry-tries-to-hijack-serious-crime-legislation-in-europe/

Net Zero means we are paying for the destruction of our economy and society in pursuit of an unachievable and pointless policy.

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#2 28-11-2005 5:08pm

Infini

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I saw that on google and they sure as hell should not have that ability

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