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[Francesco Potorti`]

EU PROPOSES NEW DIGITAL COPYRIGHT LAWS
Ministers from the 15 European Union member nations adopted a copyright
directive yesterday aimed at updating copyright laws for the digital age.
Member nations now have 18 months to ratify and implement the new
regulations, which, according to the EC, will provide a "secure environment
for cross-border trade in copyright protected goods and services, and will
facilitate the development of electronic commerce in the field of new and
multimedia products and services." Under the proposed law, online swapping
of copyrighted music files for free would be outlawed, but consumers would
be allowed to make a limited number of copies for private use. The EU
directive is comparable to the 1998 U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act,
but differs in that it does not provide for "fair use" of copyrighted
material for the purposes of scholarship and research. In contrast, the EU
doctrine includes a laundry list of optional exceptions that allow copying
for technical reasons, personal use and archival purposes. Member states
may make their own decisions as to which exceptions to adopt. (E-Commerce
Times 10 Apr 2001)
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/8826.html