[Fsfe-uk] Tell MEPs to Reserve Tough New IP Enforcement Tools for Real Criminals

[Paul Mobbs]

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EFFector    Vol. 17, No. 5       February 25, 2004   address@hidden


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Action Alert: Tell MEPs to Reserve Tough New IP Enforcement
Tools for Real Criminals

The European Parliament is poised to adopt a controversial
directive on Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement that
would give rights-holders incredibly powerful tools in the
fight against intellectual property infringers.  While this
might sound like a good idea at first, a closer look reveals
that the directive doesn't distinguish between unintentional,
non-commercial infringers and for-profit, criminal
counterfeiting organizations.  If this directive is adopted,
a person who unwittingly infringes copyright - even if it has
no effect on the market - could potentially have her assets
seized, bank accounts frozen and home invaded.  Don't let
these tactics become the latest weapon in intellectual
property rights-holders' destructive war on "piracy."

EFF encourages its European supporters to write to their
Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to urge them to limit
these harsh enforcement measures to cases in which
infringement is undertaken intentionally and for commercial
purposes.

Make your voice heard with the Action Center:
<http://action.eff.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=2873>




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Paul Mobbs, Mobbs' Environmental Investigations,
3 Grosvenor Road, Banbury OX16 5HN, England
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