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Tougher European anti-piracy rules


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BRUSSELS, Belgium — Over the objections of consumer groups, the European Parliament passed a bill Tuesday to crack down on piracy of products ranging from soccer shirts to digital media.

Rejecting claims that recording companies could use the measure to harass Internet file-sharers in their own homes, the European Union assembly, meeting in Strasbourg, France, used fast-track procedures to approve the bill 330 to 151, with 39 abstentions.

EU ministers were expected to sign off on the new rules within weeks. Member EU governments would then have two years to write them into national law.

Under the bill, convicted counterfeiters could face civil penalties, including seizure of property and bank accounts. Specific penalty amounts were replaced by language calling for damages "proportionate and sufficiently deterrent."

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Have these people  ever heard of the term 'fair use'?

"EU lawmakers and officials insisted, however, that consumers would be well protected. Parliament approved an amendment that said the measures "need be applied only for breaches committed on a commercial scale," and not to consumers "acting in good faith" who download music for their own use at home."

Of course the jury is still out on wither this will hold water when this law goes into the action phase.

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