European Union Copyright Directive
Alan Cox Attacks the European DMCA
Article covering Alan Cox's speech at the Campaign for Digital Rights meeting [Register]
Campaign for Digital Rights
Campaign against the European Copyright Directive (EUCD), includes mailing list, background information, press releases and calendar of events.
Campaign for Digital Rights: European Union Copyright Directive
Information about why the EUCD is bad, background, and resources.
Copyleft: Creativity, Technology and Freedom?
Homepage of the book of the same name by Miriam Rainsford; news, information and links concerning the effects of new copyright legislation such as the EUCD upon personal privacy an…
Critique of the Proposed UK Implementation of the EU Copyright Directive
Julian Midgley's critique of the proposed UK Implementation of the EU Copyright Directive
Digital Copyright Clampdown to Jump the Atlantic
"While US campaigners are up in arms about the US's notorious Digital Millennium Copyright Act, few people realise that even more extreme legislation is coming to the UK via B…
Does New Europe Law Mean Slammer for DRM Crackers?
Article by John Leyden [Register]
EU Concludes Copyright Deal
"After three years of wrangling, the European Union has finally adopted new legislation protecting the use of films, music and books on the internet." [BBC]
EU Ministers Back Internet Copyright
"After three years of wrangling, the European Union formally adopts legislation giving copyright protection on the internet." [BBC]
EUCD - Copyright Extensions that Harm
Risks of monopolies on file formats, reduced interoperability, insecurity, and limits on free speech.
EUCD Lecture 29/04/02
Audio recordings (Ogg Vorbis and wav format) of Alan Cox and Martin Keegan's lectures on the EUCD proposals at the April 2002 Campaign for Digital Rights meeting. Includes transcri…
Euro-Copyrights
Features brief overviews about implementation of the EUCD in some EU member states.
EUROPA - Internal Market - Intellectual Property - Official Documents
Repository of European Union Directives, Proposals and Reports on Intellectual Property legislations, in PDF format.
European Union Copyright Directive
Text of the directive passed by the European Parliament on 22 May 2001.
FIPR - Policy Work
The Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) is an independent organisation researching the effects of new legislation and lobbying UK Government parties for the provision…
Opposition Grows to Web Caching Ban
"The European Parliament's attempts to control music piracy on the Net have been overdone - says the music industry!" By Chris Nutall. [BBC]
Patent Office swamped by EU Copyright Directive response
The Patent Office will miss the EUCD deadline of 22 December due to extensive feedback on the draft UK proposal. Article by Drew Cullen [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 for Cambridge, over his concerns about the EUCD.
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