That's scary! Although it doesn't link to where Alan Cox said all those
things. The Reg deals in hyperbowl sometimes remember..
Still, there's an election coming up, one more thing to ask the
politicians!
Donncha.
adam beecher wrote:
>> [Could someone on ILUG please forward this to the list.]
>> Alan Cox attacks the European DMCA
>>http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25088.html>> "Alan Cox has issued a wake up call to the Linux community amid concerns
> that the pending European Union Copyright Directive (EUCD) could stymie open
> source development. The directive, which was approved last year, extends
> European copyright legislation so that it is even more restrictive than
> America's controversial Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), critics
> argue. National governments have until December 22 to incorporate the
> directive in national legislation."
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