Re: [dvd-discuss] OT: Europe blamed again....

["Ernest Miller" <ernest.miller(at)aya.yale.edu>]

What is ironic is that US legislators and lobbyists frequently push for
various extensions to copyright (such as the Sony Bono Copyright Term
Extension Act) in order to "harmonize" US law with European law.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Hosgood" <steve@caederus.com>
To: <dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 29, 2002 6:30 AM
Subject: [dvd-discuss] OT: Europe blamed again....


> The BBC has a story:
>
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1951000/1951231.stm
>
> ..about how Europe with its "40 year old laws on copyright" is a "haven"
> for software pirates. Also mentioned is an "amnesty" for Russian internet
> cafes to allow them to get all their software "legalised". That ought to
> boost linux use in internet cafes methinks....
>
> Why have they got a photo of Alan Cox with a silly hat on and joss-sticks
> in his ears at the top of the page? :-)
>
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