As France finally passes its harsh anti-piracy law and Britain readies its own bill to tackle illegal file-sharing, the European Parliament in a major U-turn has dropped its opposition to cutting internet access to scofflaw downloaders. Representatives of the house have rowed back from insisting on the maintenance of an amendment to a package of telecoms laws that would have ruled out such manoeuvres. On Thursday (22 October), representatives of the parliament and the member states announced that at the beginning of November, they will hold formal talks along with the European Commission to resolve differences between the sides over the telecoms package.
Representatives of the house have rowed back from insisting on the maintenance of an amendment to a package of telecoms laws that would have ruled out such manoeuvres.
On Thursday (22 October), representatives of the parliament and the member states announced that at the beginning of November, they will hold formal talks along with the European Commission to resolve differences between the sides over the telecoms package.
I see little I can add to that analysis other than that the Conciliation Committee doesn't seem to have the sharpest knives from the PES or ALDE (e.g. Silvana Koch-Merin). The PES rapporteur is being useless in the moment where she can do most. Another strike against the PES and another strike against the Parti Socialiste.
Next thing you know they'll start trying to pass software patents again.
Background:
European Commission: Codecision La Quadrature du Net: Telecoms Package - Conciliation Committe-Parliament Delegation
