Rightswatch Explores European Takedown Options

An anonymous reader writes "RightsWatch, an EC funded consortium consisting of media and other rightsholders, ISP's, content providers, privacy advocates and user groups recently published a white paper providing guidelines on notice and takedown procedures in Europe. The intent seems to be to provide a mechanism for dealing with the issue of publishing copyrighted or illegal content on the Internet. The paper attempts to strike a balance between the rights of the end-user, those of the rightsholder, and the issue of indemnity for the ISP's and content providers stuck in the middle. Is this going to be how notice and takedown is dealt with throughout Europe in future?"

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[Anonymous Coward]

Is this going to be how notice and takedown is dealt with throughout Europe in future?

No, not when Europe adopts their own draconian DMCA [zdnet.co.uk]. I imagine that there will be a comparable amount of corporations-turned-thugs as there are here.

RightSwatch.com

[HTH NE1]

I've been there once, but only by mistake. I was trying to find a site that would help me match some material I wanted to use for decorating my home.

Re:This is awesome

[Alsee]

I'm glad people are finally embracing the middle ground

You have been deceived. The White paper is not "middle ground", and I can back that up. It is in fact a propaganda piece for the copyright lobby. The Whitepaper calls for copying the US's Digital Milleneum Copyright Act and imposing it across Europe.

First of all the article falsely reports that "RightsWatch, an EC funded consortium consisting of media and other rightsholders, ISP's, content providers, privacy advocates and user groups". RightsWatch w