Text of the draft: http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/consultations/eccopyright/index.htm Excerpt (page 14 of PDF): > A person commits an offence if he— >(a) makes for sale or hire, or >(b) imports otherwise than for his private and domestic use, or >(c) in the course of a business— >(i) sells or lets for hire, or >(ii) offers or exposes for sale or hire, or >(iii) advertises for sale or hire, or >(iv) possesses, or >(v) distributes, or >(d) distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent >as to affect prejudicially the copyright owner >any device, product or component which is primarily designed, produced, or >adapted for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of >effective technological measures. Because, based on my quick and preliminary reading, this would ban the mere possession of circumvention tools, it would be broader than the U.S. version. -Declan --- From: Brad Lipovsky <syzmeat_private> To: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private> Subject: DMCA Spreads To Europe Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 18:46:18 -0400 A consultation paper has finaly been released from the UK Patent Office about the European Union Copyright Directive, or EUCA. The paper can be found at http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/contact.htm. People have been talking for some time about the European equivalent to the DMCA, and here it is. --Brad Lipovsky ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q\clan CNET Radio 9:40 am ET weekdays: http://cnet.com/broadband/0-7227152.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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