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EC to fight pirates
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION (EC) has promised to 'mobilise' in its fight against copyright infringement and counterfeiting.
At a meeting in Stockholm, members of the EC are discussing practical initiatives in the fight against 'pirates' and knock-off merchants, under the umbrella title of the European Observatory for Counterfeiting and Piracy.
Also in attendance are representatives from member states who are expected to play a large part in future plans, as opposed to sitting around thinking "Oh, I could get my wife that handbag for Christmas. She'll never know." The EC's idea seems to be that by closing down borders criminals will have fewer places to hide, and less locations in which to carry on their illicit trade.
The meeting is a follow up to announcements made in April this year by Internal Market and Services Commissioner, Charlie McCreevy, who today added, "The EU is a world pacesetter for innovation, culture and creativity. It is time to put a stop to organised criminals freeloading on the ingenuity and hard work of the most resourceful businesses in the world. Counterfeiting and piracy is an affliction that is bringing criminality ever closer to our doors. It destabilises our societies and threatens public safety and jobs."
McCreevy is hoping to harmonise rules and create a network of national coordinators to oversee any activities. As well as this some new rules designed to stop the sale of fake goods on the Internet are also expected to be announced.
He goes on, "More than this it places our hard earned money into the hands of criminals who have no conscience about using it to fund other forms of crime, including drugs and pornography. We must do more to protect ourselves and the Observatory is a fundamental step in bringing together Member States authorities, private businesses and consumers in a joint, concerted effort to rid ourselves of this dangerous problem."
We imagine that the late Jack Valenti, the former long-time president of the MPAA, would be proud that his perversion of the term 'piracy' to refer to copyright infringement - rather than armed robbery on the high seas by desperate cutthroats - has caught on so widely that even the EC uses it now.
But in the meantime, does this mean that we won't be getting an Ifone for Christmas? µ
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it always amuses me how downloading something for free will fund terrorists, drugs and pornography. if someone would like to explain the fiscal aspect of how this works im happy to listen. but as far as i can see it only works if you actually pay some money somewhere, say for a item made to similar quality but for a fraction of the price. (go to hong kong and buy a imitation watch)
Anyway, like I was sayin', shrimp is the fruit of the sea. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, shrimp-kabobs, shrimp creole, shrimp gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple shrimp, lemon shrimp, coconut shrimp, pepper shrimp, shrimp soup, shrimp stew, shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich. That- that's about it
If they go after people buying drugs, dodgy music and porn, then won't they be locking up most students?
Pirates - are they Somalian?
Pirates - people who hold you to ransom:
Pirates could be the original makers of expensive to buy but cheap to produce:
handbags
software
music
movies
watches
Why does a small mechanically simple device cost 1,000s but is very cheap to make? I'm talking about expensive watches.
Would you rather spend the money on fun or a device that is overpriced? Looks like another Apple or Sony customer to me.
This is just to dumb to read. Firstly, the majority of the works in question are from USA, so all the money goes to that continent, because EU was never in the business of building that (or those) industry here. Can you name 5 EU based (and EU owned) game developers or movie studios that do AAA titles... or TV shows for that matter?
So, it does not have to do with money pretty much.
Second, where did that moron see that pornography is not legal and a crime? Where?!? Pedophiles have to do with a small number of, most likely private, sites and hand-to-hand swapping of stuff than with big-time distribution.
And if they press the matter with arresting people or suing them for crazy ammounts or similar, the whole thing is going to burst, and bad at that.
That has to be one of the worst pieces of political propaganda ever written. I vomited a little in my mouth.
In essence the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. All this is saying is saying is that as soon as they have this in law and fixed up the patent laws they can claim everything under the sun as piracy and grant their illicit favored business partners the right to squander and gouge consumers. How do these people get elected... special interest groups???
paul you dumbass, locking people up will mean you'll feed them and cloth them and pay their rent, rates and bills for as long as they are locked up! Guess what?! you, my son will pay all these costs!
Not to mention when these people are released from prison in their 40s and 50s, you don't expect them to go and get a nice paying job or even get a good education do you?!
If you do you don't know what year this is and which planet you are on.
So naturally people/businesses will be reluctant in hiring these ex-convicts.... meaning only that these lot return to the life of crime!
They might become wise and do things very subtly so not to be caught again, but they are still at it, nonetheless and command the new younger criminals and so crime will remain always, no matter what!
you wait and see, my son. If you live long enough to witness the situation in, say, 10years i'll tell you "told you so".
Look at your teenage pregnancy and the repeat abortion. This is on top of all the millions spent on free contraception and sex education and so on. It ain't working. the so called freedom that the free people enjoy gives them the right to abuse and take advantage of the situation and someone somewhere is profiteering from it.
I recently realised my GP surgery has become a MOT testing centre for all the local women and girls think something like a brothel centre checkout - something like that. Now there's no appointments available for all the local old, poor residents as all the appointments are allocated to these prostitutes... If you are lucky enough to get the appointment you'll notice 99.99% are females who look perfectly well! Waiting in the waiting area.
Jesus said, something along the lines of: YOU EVIL AND ADULTEROUS NATION... some 2000years ago. Trouble is you people have not evolved too far since then, and still falling foul of these simple animal instinct: sex and reproduction... in the animal kingdom they have learnt to cope and sustain these issues well. So going to the moon and star and whatever else don't change these small things as sex.
Anyway, bye my sons.
Jon.
"Observatory for Counterfeiting and Piracy" aka OCP (didn't they make Robocop)
"The EU is a world pacesetter for innovation, culture and creativity."
Hilarious!
People downloading are conveniently called terrorists, pedophilist or whatever.
The shareholders (and copyright holders) are the ones who earned the money so "hardly" while the true artists are starving in their basements.
So buying counterfeit items goes toward supporting drugs and pornography?
Anyone know where I can buy some Reulex watches and Guchii bags? And do the drugs and pornography actually come with the counterfeit items or must they be purchased separately?
I fail to see the problem here...
The more pirates, aka criminals the EU locks up the better be it for counterfeit software, bogus designer wear or copyright protected art. Get that scum off the streets and in prison where they belong.
closing down Borders? They weren't at it were they?