FC: U.K. considers even broader version of DMCA copyright law

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Text of the draft:
http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/consultations/eccopyright/index.htm

Excerpt (page 14 of PDF):
>  A person commits an offence if he—
> (a) makes for sale or hire, or
> (b) imports otherwise than for his private and domestic use, or
> (c) in the course of a business—
> (i) sells or lets for hire, or
> (ii) offers or exposes for sale or hire, or
> (iii) advertises for sale or hire, or
> (iv) possesses, or
> (v) distributes, or
> (d) distributes otherwise than in the course of a business to such an extent
> as to affect prejudicially the copyright owner
> any device, product or component which is primarily designed, produced, or
> adapted for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of 
> effective technological measures.

Because, based on my quick and preliminary reading, this would ban the mere 
possession of circumvention tools, it would be broader than the U.S. version.

-Declan

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From: Brad Lipovsky <syzme () charter net>
To: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Subject: DMCA Spreads To Europe
Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 18:46:18 -0400

A consultation paper has finaly been released from the UK Patent Office about
the European Union Copyright Directive, or EUCA.  The paper can be found at
http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/contact.htm.  People have been talking for
some time about the European equivalent to the DMCA, and here it is.

--Brad Lipovsky




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