Chris Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 Italy has made transferring content via the Internet without the permission of the copyright holder a criminal offenceThe Italian parliament yesterday voted in favour of imposing jail sentences of up to three years on anyone caught uploading or downloading unauthorised copyright material to and from the Net.The move comes in direct response to the rise of P2P services such as Kazaa and Gnutella, and was prompted by the country's film industry.Until now, Italy's copyright laws, which date back to 1941, have focused on protecting copyright holders from those who seek to profit financially from the unauthorised duplication of content. The new law extends that to anyone who performs such an act, whether for financial gain or not.In short, by sharing music for free, Italian P2Pers risk punishment almost as severe as if they had attempted to sell pirate CDs.More | Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted May 30, 2004 Report Share Posted May 30, 2004 wowzer .....in Euroland too .......coming our way via bloody Kinock.........?......................................................................................editthinking about it ..its unlikely , we don't even have enough jails to lock up the real ones ...! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 I won't loose any sleep over it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moon Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 Technically, simply viewing any internet content is a breach of copyright as the content is copied to RAM. This law has big ears and eats carrots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted May 31, 2004 Report Share Posted May 31, 2004 This law has big ears and eats carrots.Cooked or raw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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