Re: Today on fines for using filesharing 'websites'

> 'making available' is now a criminal offence under the UK EUCD - unlike
> other member states who chose to make it a civil offense. there is no
> specification as to how large a file or how many files one 'makes
> available', just the the act itself is a criminal offense.

Is the UK implementation law yet? FIPR says (
http://www.fipr.org/copyright/eucd_intro.html ) that the government "is in
the process of implementing the Directive". I don't remember the
government implementing the EUCD.

Tim Ivorson





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