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Deutsch: 3 Treffer-Gesetz in Frankreich – der zweite Versuch

Macedonian: Втор обид за воведување на законот Хад...

The Hadopi (or three strikes) law saga continues with the second reading of the draft law in the French National Assembly having started on 29 April 2009.

After the unexpected rejection of the text in the lower chamber on 9 April 2009, the majority came this time decided to pass the law no matter what. The pressure was mainly due to the present discussion in the European Parliament for the adoption of the Telecom Package which would put the Fr

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Deutsch: EP verabschiedet die Verlängerung der Urheberrechtsfrist in der erste...

Although largely opposed by some EU Member States in the Council, criticized by the consumers' organizations and strongly opposed by 4 out of the 7 main political groups (ALDE, GREENS/EFA, NGL, IND/ DEM) in the European Parliament (EP), the directive on performers copyright term extension was passed by the MEPs in the first reading on 23 April 2009.

Besides the four groups, there were other national delegations and key MEPs who joined the fight to reject the directive, but the final vote was 317 in favour, 178 against, 37 abstentions.

The report by Irish MEP Brian Crowley proposed the extensio

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Deutsch: Verlängerte Urheberrechtsfrist für Tonaufnahmen abgelehnt

The proposal for the extension of the copyright terms for sound recordings was rejected on 27 March 2009 by COREPER, which has the task to negotiate a consensus before the EU Council of Ministers takes votes.

To the great disappointment of the recording industry, COREPER rejected the extension of the copyright term as there was no consensus of the Member States on the matter.

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