Comments on: EU Rejects Three-Strikes Legislation, For Good

By: France Passes “Three Strikes” Anti-Piracy Law | IDTorrent Blog

France Passes “Three Strikes” Anti-Piracy Law | IDTorrent Blog — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:24:25 +0000

[...] which aims to protect European citizens against such disproportionate legislation because it violates the rights and freedoms of Internet users. A few days ago HADOPI already claimed its first victim, [...]

By: Frans parlement keurt afsluiten filesharers goed | ISPam.nl

Frans parlement keurt afsluiten filesharers goed | ISPam.nl — Wed, 13 May 2009 01:25:44 +0000

[...] nog intressant om te zien hoe de wet zich verhoudt tot het feit dat het Europees Parlement recent voor de vijfde keer nee gezegd tegen het afsluiten van filesharers. De Franse wetgeving zou daarom in strijd kunnen zijn met [...]

By: FREEDOM FIGHTER

FREEDOM FIGHTER — Tue, 12 May 2009 17:44:36 +0000

Some good news finally! happy to ear it. Feels good again to be european!

By: France Passes “Three Strikes” Anti-Piracy Law | InstantIdiocy

France Passes “Three Strikes” Anti-Piracy Law | InstantIdiocy — Tue, 12 May 2009 15:26:22 +0000

By: UK Anti-P2P Abandon Pursuit of Individual File-Sharers; Make A Desperate Plea To EU | The Blog Pirate

Tue, 12 May 2009 08:24:59 +0000

[...] EU recently finalized their decision to reject “three strikes” legislation that forces ISPs to ban users who have been thrice accused of sharing copyrighted [...]

By: Visssss

Visssss — Tue, 12 May 2009 04:34:12 +0000

Yes!!!
Although I don’t live in Europe but still, yes!! More Euro peers to connect to!!

By: Captain Crap

Captain Crap — Sun, 10 May 2009 08:16:47 +0000

This isn’t a definite banning of three strikes laws, it still has to be approved by the fucking travesty that is the Council. But in the end, Parliament effectively gets the last word in the debate, and I hope they’re prepared to play hardball and remind those ministers who they work for.

By: Jet

Jet — Sat, 09 May 2009 10:35:19 +0000

A bit of sanity at last.

By: Virate

Virate — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:42:20 +0000

Scores in..
Pirates 10 – 6 MPAA

but also:
E.U. 5 – 0 U.S.

US and their damn DMCA, thinkin they can police everyone. Spastics

By: invisible

invisible — Fri, 08 May 2009 18:49:07 +0000

This is a step back in the right direction for freedom on the internet for everyone.

Tech News – http://www.tech3d.net

By: meme

meme — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:07:18 +0000

i’m not a pirate. are you? stop using that term!
The proposal was so absurd that i’m not even happy. Strange days we’re livin in

By: OPPswe

OPPswe — Fri, 08 May 2009 06:43:29 +0000

Swedish politicians in the EU have a major part in this, especially Eva-Britt Svensson, from the Swedish left party, who succeesfully got proposition 166 voted on which started the whole campaign agains the 3-strikes law in the EU parliament.
Swedish MEP’s also reported getting thousands of calls and e-mails from concerned citizens who wanted them to vote in proposition 34.
I called myself, but dind’t get ahold of an MEP. Seemed to matter little, however.

By: EU Rejects Three-Strikes Legislation, For Good | CyberLaw Blog

EU Rejects Three-Strikes Legislation, For Good | CyberLaw Blog — Fri, 08 May 2009 05:49:43 +0000

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By: anon235

anon235 — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:31:38 +0000

“European Council” or Council of Ministers or just simply the Council!

By: makin257 - EU Rejects Three-Strikes Legislation, For Good

makin257 - EU Rejects Three-Strikes Legislation, For Good — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:40:04 +0000

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By: Anon

Anon — Thu, 07 May 2009 16:04:46 +0000

finally some good news!!!!

By: pirate84

pirate84 — Thu, 07 May 2009 15:33:53 +0000

I didn’t know that Carla Bruni was actually a Hollywood whore.

By: EU lehnt 3 Strikes ab, P2P floriert in Spanien « 11k2

EU lehnt 3 Strikes ab, P2P floriert in Spanien « 11k2 — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:21:14 +0000

[...] EU lehnt 3 Strikes ab, P2P floriert in Spanien Das Hin und Her um die bizarre Forderung, drei Filesharing-Anschuldigungen durch Contentkonzerne sollen einen EU-Bürger den Internetanschluss kosten, geht wohl noch mindestens bis zum November. Wenn die guten Freunde der Medienindustrie unter den Parlamentariern nicht vorher aufgeben, was aber zweifelhaft ist. Für den Augenblick ist dieser Angriff auf den Rechtsstaat vom Tisch, das EU-Parlament beharrte darauf, dass nur ein Richter solche Anordnungen treffen könne. Frühestens im September kannl die Debatte von Neuem beginnen. (via torrentfreak) [...]

By: Someone

Someone — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:05:11 +0000

yea you have paid but you’ve not paid them lol

By: makin's posterous - Home

makin's posterous - Home — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:57:21 +0000

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By: by by

by by — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:50:47 +0000

Common sense indeed. I’d understand if they forbad using P2P, but cutting the line makes more harm (information becomes much harder to get global-wise) than “good” (preventing “offenders” from using BitTorrent) no matter how you look at it. Free speech FTW!

By: St0fzguier

St0fzguier — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:44:39 +0000

atleast Some good news in these dark times =’/ =’]

By: nick

nick — Thu, 07 May 2009 09:21:57 +0000

I am fully for the association with the term “pirates” its a term first used by the industry to put us down and spread fear about our activitys, but we should clame the name as our banner just like the homosexual people embrased the name “queer” and the black people changed the meaning of “ni**er” making the tactics of the racists and homophobes totaly back fire!

By: CCC

CCC — Thu, 07 May 2009 08:54:17 +0000

next MAFFIA revenge!

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By: Toneh

Toneh — Thu, 07 May 2009 08:29:30 +0000

I know this comment will sound child-like, when compared to the rest of the well-thought-out comments, but I have to say it:

FUCK AWESOME!

Serves ‘em mobsters right.

By: Johnny MAck

Johnny MAck — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:33:28 +0000

Wow, at least the EU is exercising some common sense!

RT
privacy-web.net.tc

By: EU Rejects Three-Strikes Legislation, For Good | News Inventory

EU Rejects Three-Strikes Legislation, For Good | News Inventory — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:22:51 +0000

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By: Pirates?

Pirates? — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:02:49 +0000

Even the real ones aren’t what they’re made out to be…

http://www.sfbayview.com/2009/you-are-being-lied-to-about-pirates/

Surprising eh?

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:50:26 +0000

Who says torrent or file sharing is illegal ?
If i download Fast & Furious from piratebay link then it will cost me slight less than actual DVD.
I spent $100 for broadband,$100 on electricity and many hundreds for computer.
If MAFFIA wants money then they should charge it from ISP’s ,computer manufacturers etc.
I’m not doing anything illegal because I’ve paid for the content which I’ve recieved.
If MAFFIA wants money then they should charge it from ISP’s ,computer manufacturers etc.
I’m not doing anything illegal because I’ve paid for the content which I’ve recieved.

By: Ronny

Ronny — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:44:29 +0000

” Rejects.. For Good”

Thats bullocks!

They are going to come up with a new proposal.

By: K.W

K.W — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:44:02 +0000

IRT 6:

OK, you ignorant thief.

By: makin257's status on Thursday, 07-May-09 11:20:09 UTC - Identi.ca

makin257's status on Thursday, 07-May-09 11:20:09 UTC - Identi.ca — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:43:24 +0000

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By: blink

blink — Thu, 07 May 2009 06:02:20 +0000

the european parliament felt the heat from rising pirate activists and made a move to show the world that they too support internet freedom hoping they keep their seat.

By: Fin

Fin — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:55:10 +0000

From what I recall of the top of my head, MSNBC is a subsidary of Viacom, which is a French media conglomerate.

Through a series of proxies and subsidaries (what if the Americans found out, remember the Freedom Fries?) that one of the big 4 was French….?

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By: RoestVrijStaal

RoestVrijStaal — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:49:44 +0000

This is the best news for my today.

I hope the Sweden’s IPRED and France’s HADOPI & DADVSI wil die soon.

By: Go0g3n

Go0g3n — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:45:12 +0000

How about a different kind of response from Pirates (File Sharers).

1. Stop Downloading, sharing.
2. Stop Buying, start a campaign, involve more people. Just they way one would do if was not satisfied with corporate policy.

I am sure everyone involved can hang on without buying music and movies for several months, the financial damage will be immense.

By: jorma

jorma — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:36:14 +0000

Nothing “for good” about what happened yesterday.

The entire telecoms-package was scrapped yesterday, it will have to be renegotiated. There is nothing guaranteeing that the 138 will still be in the new deal, especially since Sweden will host the chairmanship during those negotiations. Sweden is extremely opposed to including the 138 in the telecom deal…

By: PirLog

PirLog — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:09:20 +0000

Good news at last.

Bittorrent Search Engine – http://pirlog.com

By: Optimist

Optimist — Thu, 07 May 2009 02:07:01 +0000

For once I’m glad to be in a country a part of the EU. Now this silly IPRED law must be removed.

By: $hadow

$hadow — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:31:31 +0000

This is getting even better than i thought it would be. Piracy is changing the world, a new age is coming.

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:08:46 +0000

One does wonder why France is the country taking such a hard line on these matters. Draconian intellectual property rights enforcement primarily benefits the US, with whom France has disagreed on many issues in recent years.

Perhaps there is already an “understanding” that if France supports the ACTA effort the US will be a receptive market for their Pressurized Nuclear Reactor?

By: Rick

Rick — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:56:14 +0000

As an American I’d like to thank all of you across the pond for taking a courageous stand on these issues and making yourself heard.

Organize. Learn. Get some good talking points and put sneakers on the street. Be heard.

You all know this isn’t just about file sharing; that’s just the “righteous front” for the effort to control the web – to make a perfectly wonderful inter-cultural communication platform into just another form of cable TV: all download, no upload.

hang tough and fight on.

By: Cujothemadog

Cujothemadog — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:48:58 +0000

@ #6 ,, arrr ,, heave ho ,, seadogs ,, arrr

By: whatever

whatever — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:44:30 +0000

this means nothing. the EU parliament can say whatever the hell they want. they have no power what so ever, they are a joke. countrys will still do as they please.
france will still likely go ahead with their law, sweds will keep theirs and anyone else whos bribed enough to implement one will do the same.

dont know what i hate more, pointless cash based politics or the even more pointless EU

By: Khmuprince

Khmuprince — Wed, 06 May 2009 23:22:35 +0000

I just wanted to acknowledge the EU legislators for taking the right step on this very important issues. It is a small step to the right direction in protecting the citizen’s rights and privacy from the abusive organizations such as the “entertainment industry”, the morally corrupted politicians and the bias judicial system as we have witnessed in the TPB verdict recently. We need to have very strict laws to protect every citizens from being victimized by very few large corrupted corporations. We must put an end to these international corporate criminals from taking away our freedom to express and share our values with one another.

By: I Am A Pirate

I Am A Pirate — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:13:55 +0000

@all who argue about being a pirate or not read this…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piracy

That is not who we are!

We are closer to this…

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement

But I’m willing to bet my last hard earned dollar that 99.9% of us here do not make a dime from using P2P systems!

Avast! MAFIAA/MPAA and yer ilk and kin! Ye shall all be scuppered!

Har Har Har Maties!

By: 112

112 — Wed, 06 May 2009 20:30:22 +0000

@20/west:
“but most of us just care for their personal ’sharing’ needs, ignorant, and selfish.”
1. this IS *torrent*freak, and you’re here as well.
2. those needs are NOT selfish, you’re missing the point by a mile
3. indeed, privacy and human rights; but this battle is far from won.

@all@random:
Kinda fearing we’re going to become like the vegans/vegetarians of the digital world, like they’ve managed to change one thing… Really, all those industries should probably better die, quickly. Even the word is filthy, industry, don’t know when that changed though.

By: asd

asd — Wed, 06 May 2009 19:56:02 +0000

didn’t expect it :S