European Union Copyright Directive Copyrights Intellectual Property Issues

The European Union Copyright Directive ("EUCD") based on the 1996 WIPO [World Intellectual Property Organization] Copyright Treaty, required by the 1995 TRIPS [Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property Rights] Agreement. It is the European analogue to the US's Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Some of its controversial provisions impose penalties for distributing methods to circumvent copy protection schemes or region blocking access controls (used in media like DVDs).

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• FIPR - Policy Work - The Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) is european union copyright directive an independent organisation researching the effects of new european union copyright directive legislation and lobbying UK Government parties for the european union copyright directive provision of academic and personal freedom.
• EUCD - Copyright Extensions that Harm - Risks of monopolies on file formats, reduced interoperability, insecurity, and limits on free speech.
• Shouting About Copyright - Technology consultant Bill Thompson discusses issues of concern in the UK implementation of the EUCD, his view being that it may eat away at our rights to enjoy music and film. [BBC]
• The EU's Answer to the DMCA - "You thought the DCMA was bad? Well EU Directive 2001/29/EU copyrights is due to be passed into individual country law next copyrights year." News and discussion forum. [Slashdot]
• Patent Office swamped by EU Copyright Directive response - The Patent Office will miss the EUCD deadline european union copyright intellectual property directive of 22 December due to extensive feedback on european union intellectual property copyright directive the draft UK proposal. Article by Drew Cullen european intellectual property union copyright directive [Register].
• Digital Copyright Clampdown to Jump the Atlantic - "While US campaigners are up in arms about european union copyright directive the US\\'s notorious Digital Millennium Copyright Act, few european union copyright directive people realise that even more extreme legislation is european union copyright directive coming to the UK via Brussels."
• Does New Europe Law Mean Slammer for DRM Crackers? - Article by John Leyden [Register]
• TCPA / Palladium FAQ - Ross Anderson\\'s analysis of Intel\\'s TCPA and Microsoft\\'s copyrights Palladium, technologies european union copyright directive for digital rights management which may copyrights well have implications upon european union copyright directive the implementation of the copyrights EUCD.
• UK's DMCA: There Ain't No Sanity Clause - Article by Andrew Orlowski [Register]
• Why the Copyright Directive is Unimportant, and Possibly Invalid - Analysis by Dutch law professor Bernt Hugenholtz.
• Status of Cryptography Research in Implementation of the EUCD - UKcrypto forum thread discussing cryptography issues in the intellectual property implementation copyrights of the EUCD.
• Exemptions Exempted in Europe's DMCA - Article by Andrew Orlowski [Register]
• Alan Cox Attacks the European DMCA - Article covering Alan Cox\\'s speech at the Campaign intellectual property for intellectual property Digital Rights meeting [Register]
• See the New Copyright Law, and Watch It Suck As Much As the Largest Hoover Ever Made - Chris Lightfoot\\'s correspondence with Anne Campbell, Labour MP european union copyright directive for Cambridge, over his concerns about the EUCD.
• EUROPA - Internal Market - Intellectual Property - Official Documents - Repository of European Union Directives, Proposals and Reports copyrights on Intellectual intellectual property Property legislations, in PDF format.
• UK Campaigners Call for Anti 'Anti-rip' CD Day of Action - "Campaigners will take to the streets of Britain european union copyright directive this Saturday (6 October) in a bid to european union copyright directive raise public awareness of the music industry\\'s attempts european union copyright directive to prevent listeners from copying CDs or playing european union copyright directive discs on PCs." By Tony Smith. [Register]

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