EU-DMCA also concerns swedes... [LWN.net]

EU-DMCA also concerns swedes...

Posted Oct 28, 2002 19:11 UTC (Mon) by sebras (guest, #7163)
Parent article: Danish DMCA proposed

Hi!

The EU version of the DMCA, known as European Union Copyright Directive (EUCD for short), is not only to be implemented in Denmark, but also in Sweden. The deadline set by the directive (as far as I can remember) is December 22, 2002.

I've provided a link[1] to a page where the EUCD can be read in several languages along with a link[2] to Eurorights site where I first read about the directive.

Unfortunately I don't know where it is possible to speak up against this directive, so if anybody has a suitable link or e-mail address please provide it!

/ Sebastian Rasmussen

Links:

[1] EUCD (in several languages):
http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&numdoc=32001L0029&lg=EN

[2] Eurorights site about EUCD:
http://www.eurorights.org/eudmca/index.html

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EU-DMCA also concerns everybody else in EU

Posted Oct 29, 2002 7:36 UTC (Tue) by eru (subscriber, #2753) [Link]

Actually the directive is supposed to be implemented in _every_ EU
country this year. In Finland there have been lots of discussion about it
during the summer, and protests by EFFI (the local version of EFF)
and others have had some effect: Unlike the original, the latest version
submitted to the parliament no longer criminalises region-modding DVD
players, and it also permits circumventing copying restrictions for private
copying, provided you can figure out how to do it on your own!
Distributing technical means intended for circumventing the restrictions
is forbidden! There are also still many other objectionable provisions.
For more info for Finns, see the EFFI homepage at http://www.effi.org/