FC: European Parliament votes 460-0 against mandatory censorware

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Thu Apr 11 2002 - 16:08:44 PDT

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    Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:16:29 +0100
    From: David Cantrell <davidat_private>
    To: declanat_private
    Subject: EU doesn't like censorware
    
    There's a couple of stories on The Register today you might find interesting.
    The European Parliament voted to not force the use of censorware:
    
       http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24808.html
    
    The European Commission has also given an Israeli firewall vendor a jolly
    stern talking to for anti-competitive practices:
    
       http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24792.html
    
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    David Cantrell | Member of the Brute Squad | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david
    
            Willing to accept a lower economic "standard of
            living" in return for higher quality of life
    
    
    
    
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