Positive Rights News From Europe 86
Various readers are sending in good news from Europe on the rights front. First, at the EU level, Mark.J brings word that the European Parliament has canned a number of controversial amendments to its updated Telecoms Package, which could have resulted in ISPs being forced to disconnect customers for involvement in illegal file-sharing of copyrighted material. Next, SplatMan_DK writes from Denmark on a recent ruling by the Danish High Court that means that Danes are still innocent until proven guilty in copyright cases, even if their IP address has been confirmed as the origin of P2P traffic involving copyrighted music. Finally, from Sweden, an update on the draconian so-called Lex Orwell, which would have effectively resulted in the routine wiretapping of the entire nation. Eric Blair sends a link on an agreement reached between the Swedish parliament and the sitting government on a new form for the controversial signals intelligence law. Supposedly, the sting has been taken out of the law: only the department of defense and the cabinet may request data, and they'll have to get court approval for it.
Re:The European Union is in Europe (Score:3, Interesting)
(a bit personal but hey this is Slashdot)
Are you family of the (should have been slightly more legendary) Jean Monnet?
I always thought the "secret plan" behind the EU was the following priority list:
1. No more war
2. No more famine
3. there is no point 3, we'll all have to make it up as we go along
but then, i'm an idealist.