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European Parliament Rejects "Three-Strikes" P2P Policy

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on March 27, 2009 - 9:16am.
Brussels - The European Parliament has rejected the notion of terminating the Internet accounts of those alleged to have committed copyright infringement on file-sharing networks. "Governments or private companies should not see the denial of such access as a means of imposing sanctions, as proposed in some countries in the union," reads a report on the matter adopted by the Parliament, referring to the "three-strikes" policy implemented in France.

The Parliament adopted the report with a vote of 481 in favor to 25 opposed.

TorrentFreak noted that it's unclear whether France will choose to abandon its graduated response system in light of the vote.

"While ensuring that the Internet is more secure is a legitimate goal for our societies, we must monitor and restrict the use of surveillance and control techniques that threaten our freedoms, especially in cases which question its necessity, proportionality and effectiveness," reads the report from Greek MPE Stavros Lambrinidis.

 

Related Links:
http://snipurl.com/eotsm (European Parliament statement)

http://snipurl.com/eotr5 (TorrentFreak)

Published in DMW Daily, March 27, 2009
tags: Law | Policy | P2P | TV | Music | Movies | Copyright | European Parliament | Three-Strikes |



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