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May 5, 2003
EUCD in France
France is considering national legislation
that would implement the European Union Copyright Directive (EUCD) in France.
The EUCD outlaws bypassing controls on digital media (even if its your
own CD or DVD) and outlaws making, distributing, or possessing tools capable
of bypassing digital controls. Based on the US Digital Millennium
Copyright Act (DMCA) this ban also prohibits software and information that
could help another to circumvent technological restrictions. Besides
eroding consumer rights to use digital media, this law is also harmful
to innovation and competion since its illegal to build equipment that interoperates
with proprietary systems in Europe now.
Monitor status of EUCD implementation
in France:
http://eucd.info/
Read the text of the proposed legislation
(in French):
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