Re: Should Online Scofflaws Be Denied Web Access? - NYTimes.com

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Paul Levy" <plevy () citizen org>
Date: April 13, 2009 11:12:01 AM EDT
To: "David Farber" <dave () farber net>
Subject: Re: [IP] Should Online Scofflaws Be Denied Web Access? -  
NYTimes.com

Christophe Geiger of the Centre for International Intellectual Property
Studies in Strasbourg discussed this proposed statute at the
Trans-Atlantic Consumer Dialogue in Washington this past January.
http://www.tacd-ip.org/blog/?page_id=5.  His prediction at that time
was that the law did not stand a strong chance at passage.

He advises, however, that the fight is not over, because the bill may
come up again after the parliament gets back from its Easter break.

Paul Alan Levy
Public Citizen Litigation Group
1600 - 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
(202) 588-1000
http://www.citizen.org/litigation

> > > David Farber <dave () farber net> 4/13/2009 11:04 AM >>>

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/technology/internet/13iht-piracy13.html?hpw


PARIS * Is Internet access a fundamental human right? Or is it a
privilege, carrying with it a responsibility for good behavior?
That is the question confronting policy makers as they try to bring
Internet access to the masses while seeking to curb illegal copying of

digital music, movies and video games.

The United States Congress held hearings last week on the growing
problem of piracy, which the American entertainment industry says
accounts for the loss of $20 billion a year in sales. Several
lawmakers vowed to increase scrutiny of international markets where
piracy is widespread.


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