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European MPs votes on new telecoms law
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| It comes amid controversial laws being
| introduced in France and the UK to cut off
| persistent illegal downloaders.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8376004.stm
EU Telecom Package To Enter Into Force In December
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| The European Parliament today formally
| approved an update to European
| telecommunications rules aimed at enforcing
| consumer rights and supporting a single
| European market. But the change might also
| leave the door open for legislation
| restricting the internet in member countries
| and potentially questionable traffic
| management practice by internet service
| providers, according to a consumer group.
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http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/11/24/eu-telecom-package-to-enter-into-force-in-december/
Here comes a pan-European copyright regime?
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| Viviane Reding, accepting an award in
| Barcelona this morning, flagged her
| intention to try to extend Brussels' powers
| to legislate for copyright in the wake of
| the Lisbon Treaty.
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http://the1709blog.blogspot.com/2009/11/here-comes-pan-european-copyright.html
Here is why:
Fox calls for US to join France
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| MOVIE MONGER Fox Studios is lobbying the US
| government to pass an anti-piracy law
| modelled on the one that is being introduced
| in France.
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| The chief executive of Fox Filmed
| Entertainment said Monday the US should join
| France in cutting off the Internet
| connections of users who repeatedly download
| copyright protected films.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1563158/fox-calls-us-join-france
Convenient excuses:
EMI Finds Music Sales Actually Growing, Despite Terraâs Troubles
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| Terra Firma may have written off 90 percent
| of its investment in the label after
| Citigroup refused to ignore about half the
| debt it provided for the deal, but - slowly,
| slowly - EMI Group is turning a corner.
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http://paidcontent.org/article/419-emi-finds-music-sales-actually-growing-despite-terras-troubles/
Recent:
Mainstream Press Waking Up To The News That Musicians Are Making More Money
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| Hopefully, with more mainstream
| publications finally picking up on this,
| both the press and politicians will begin
| to recognize that the only real "crisis" in
| the music industry is for those who have
| stupidly relied on selling plastic discs
| for way too long. There are plenty of
| revenue opportunities for musicians, and
| because of that (in combination with better
| and cheaper tools for music creation), the
| actual music industry is thriving at levels
| never seen before.
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http://techdirt.com/articles/20091114/1835036932.shtml
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