FC: Council of Europe panel OKs controversial "cybercrime" treaty

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

And from the archives:

Privacy groups try to rally opposition to "cybercrime" treaty
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02126.html

Planned global Net-treaty hands police more power, limits privacy
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01136.html

U.S. Chamber of Commerce opposes "cybercrime" treaty
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01558.html

Council of Europe treaty may not include privacy protections
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01553.html

Civil lib groups oppose CoE treaty
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01431.html

-Declan

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http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5093153,00.html
Multi-nation cybercrime pact gets OK
June 22, 2001 1:25 PM PT

A committee on crimes for the Council of Europe signed off Friday on the 
final draft of a broad treaty that aims to help countries fight cybercrime, 
but which critics say sacrifices privacy protections. When ratified by the 
council's leadership and signed by individual countries, the Convention on 
Cyber-Crime will bind countries to creating a minimum set of laws to deal 
with high-tech crimes, including unauthorized access to a network, data 
interference, computer-related fraud and forgery, child pornography, and 
digital copyright infringement. [...]

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http://partners.nytimes.com/thestandard/standard_27391.html
Council of Europe Signs Draft Cybercrime Treaty
June 22, 2001

BRUSSELS - The blueprint for a global code on cybercrime was agreed on in 
Strasbourg, France, Friday, paving the way for international rules 
governing online copyright infringement, online fraud, child pornography 
and hacking.
The 41 members of the Council of Europe (CoE), plus the U.S., Canada and 
Japan, signed on to a draft convention on cybercrime that is set to be 
rubber-stamped at ministerial level in September. [...]

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