Friday, 11. April 2008
Topic: Online-Fahndung - on April 11, 2008 at 11:01:00 AM CEST
Europe rejects plan to criminalize file-sharing
The European Parliament rejected attempts to criminalize the sharing of files by private individuals and threw out the idea of banning copyright abusers from the Internet, in a plenary vote Thursday.
The vote was close, with 314 MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) voting in favor of an amendment to scrap what many consider draconian and disproportionate measures to protect copyright over the internet, and 297 voting against the amendment.
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