Re: Today on fines for using filesharing 'websites'

Tim Ivorson wrote:
>>'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.

It was implemented after we wrote that report :) (October 2003)

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2003/20032498.htm