[Discussioni] IPED

[Alessandro Rubini]

Un buon articolo sui problemi dell'IPED:
	http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/35993.html
[a parte che sbaglia il nome della EFF, ma e` un dettaglio]

E` un serio problema di (dis)applicazione delle regole democratiche
e una grossa arma in mano ai soliti noti. Il tutto giustificato _solo_
dai "dati" forniti da BSA.

Cito i punti salienti:
> The directive's Rapporteur, French MEP Janelly Fourtou, (who, 
> incidentally, is wife of the head of Vivendi Universal) has placed it on 
> a "First Reading". This is usually reserved for directives on which 
> there is already unanimous agreement, and does not allow for public 
> debate. This meant the directive could be drafted behind closed doors.
> 
> [...]
> 
> According to the BSA, 25 per cent of software in use in the UK is 
> illegal. It claims that reducing this to 15 per cent would generate an 
> extra £2.5bn in tax revenues and 40,000 jobs in the IT sector. [...]
>
> [...]
> 
> As it stands, this directive grants some very scary powers to rights 
> holders. Consider the Anton Piller orders: these enable rights holders 
> to hire private police to raid a suspect’s home.
> 
> [...] An ISP’s servers can 
> be seized and destroyed with no hearing if one of their customers is 
> alleged to have infringed a copyright.

E ovviamente:

> It fails to define the term ‘intellectual property rights’, so 
> interpretation will vary hugely from country to country when/if the 
> directive becomes law, undermining one of the main objectives of the 
> legislation: harmonising EU law.

Resto a disposizione per chi volesse saperne di piu`, in particolare
per chi puo` parlarne ad un pubblico piu` vasto.

/alessandro