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EU Strikes Down French "3 Strikes" Copyright Infringement Law 271

Posted by timothy
from the mon-dieu dept.
Erris writes "Opendotdotdot has good news about laws in the EU: 'EU culture ministers yesterday (20 November) rejected French proposals to curb online piracy through compulsory measures against free downloading ... [and instead pushed] for "a fair balance between the various fundamental rights" while fighting online piracy, first listing "the right to personal data protection," then "the freedom of information" and only lastly "the protection of intellectual property." [This] indicates that the culture ministers and their advisers are beginning to understand the dynamics of the Net, that throttling its use through crude instruments like the "three strikes and you're out" is exactly the wrong thing to do.'"

Comment: Better than it sounds (Score 1) 35

by Elsan (#25812241) Attached to: National Geographic Getting Into Video Games
Well, at first I was like "WTH? This is gonna suck..." but after thinking about it and seeing a game based on Herod, I thought "Why not?". A lot of younger people are not familiar with many of the biggest figures of antiquity, a game could help tremendously improve that knowledge, even for people who DO know who Herod is, they can always learn more. I have a friend named Ramcees(not written Ramses) and really most of the time people react to his name, they think about the CONDOMS, not even the Pharaohs! That's what I men when I say it could help...

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