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EUCD - Copyright Extensions that Harm
Risks of monopolies on file formats, reduced interoperability, insecurity, and limits on free speech.
http://silvaneves.org/eucd/eucd.en.html
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Why the Copyright Directive is Unimportant, and Possibly Invalid
Analysis by Dutch law professor Bernt Hugenholtz.
http://www.ivir.nl/publications/hugenholtz/opinion-EIPR.html
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Digital Copyright Clampdown to Jump the Atlantic
"While US campaigners are up in arms about the US's notorious Digital Millennium Copyright Act, few people realise that even more extreme legislation is coming to the UK via Brussels."
http://www.silicon.com/public/door?REQUNIQ=1004218894&6004REQEVENT=&REQINT1=48623&REQSTR1=MSN
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FIPR - Policy Work
The Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) is an independent organisation researching the effects of new legislation and lobbying UK Government parties for the provision of academic and personal freedom.
http://www.fipr.org/policy.html
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TCPA / Palladium FAQ
Ross Anderson's analysis of Intel's TCPA and Microsoft's Palladium, technologies for digital rights management which may well have implications upon the implementation of the EUCD.
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html
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Shouting About Copyright
Technology consultant Bill Thompson discusses issues of concern in the UK implementation of the EUCD, his view being that it may eat away at our rights to enjoy music and film. [BBC]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2195347.stm
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Status of Cryptography Research in Implementation of the EUCD
UKcrypto forum thread discussing cryptography issues in the implementation of the EUCD.
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/ukcrypto/2002-August/020120.html
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See the New Copyright Law, and Watch It Suck As Much As the Largest Hoover Ever Made
Chris Lightfoot's correspondence with Anne Campbell, Labour MP for Cambridge, over his concerns about the EUCD.
http://ex-parrot.com/~chris/sucks/eucd/
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EUROPA - Internal Market - Intellectual Property - Official Documents
Repository of European Union Directives, Proposals and Reports on Intellectual Property legislations, in PDF format.
http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/copyright/documents/documents_en.htm
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UK's DMCA: There Ain't No Sanity Clause
Article by Andrew Orlowski [Register]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/08/22/uks_dmca_there_aint_no/
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