European Parliament says "no" to disconnecting P2P users

The European Parliament thinks that the three-strikes-and-you're-offline approach to copyright enforcement championed by the IFPI and the French government is a bad idea, approving an amendment to that effect yesterday.

By a 314-297 vote, the European Parliament has signaled its opposition to recent initiatives to kick users off the Internet for repeated copyright infringement.

[via arts technica]

emily | 7:30 AM | Copypright Issues |
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