Germany trying to copy DMCA

SITTING ON THIS SIDE of the pond might have seemed the safe option when you start looking at the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). German readers might want to sit up and take note that their parliament has effectively putting a very similar piece of legislation into law.

The rest of Europe is also at risk of trouble from laws like this. It all stems from the draconian Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament. It might as well have been drafted by the RIAA and the MPAA. But the directives guidelines are being pushed into law throughout Europe.

All in all, it's a quite dangerous time for Europe. But, of course, they will say it's all being done in the name of harmonisation so we should be good little EU citizens and take what our betters in the European Parliament hand to us without an argument. µ