Europe rejects anti-piracy plans

gelfling · Unread post by **gelfling** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 7:29 am

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7342135.stm

European politicians have voted down calls to throw suspected file-sharers off the net.

The idea to cut off persistent pirates formed part of a wide-ranging report on creative industries written for the European parliament.

But in a narrow vote MEPs backed an amendment to the report which said net bans conflicted with "civil liberties and human rights".

It puts MEPS at odds with governments planning tough action against pirates. more...

Istik · Unread post by **Istik** » Sat Apr 12, 2008 11:20 am

All we need is someone snooping around our net activity to determin if what we are doing is legit or not. Then busting a 12 year old who is sharing songs with their friend across MSN.

A'Ton Sands · Unread post by **A'Ton Sands** » Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:19 pm

Um, its not law, just a suggestion from the European parliament, so it can still happen.