24 Oct, 2003: Fourtou Proposes EU Law to Send European P2P File-Sharers to Prison
Fourtou Proposes EU Law to Send European P2P File-Sharers to Prison Urges Controversial Amendment to Intellectual Property Enforcement Directive The battle over the proposed EU IP Enforcement Directive grows more contentious. Due in part to the growing public criticism over the EU Commission’s draft, which threatens civil liberties and market competition, 199 amendments have been proposed and its vote pushed back. But one amendment submitted by Conservative French MEP Janelly Fourtou (who also happens to be the wife of Vivendi’s CEO) would criminalize non-commercial infringement, such as P2P file-sharing. Fourtou’s proposal threatens to send millions of otherwise law-abiding European citizens to prison -- simply for swapping music over the Internet. In addition to ...

20 Oct, 2003: “FTAA Intellectual Property Rights Chapter Threatens Freedom and Free Trade”
Español October 20, 2003 Media contact: Robin Gross, IP Justice Executive Director +1 415-553-6261 robin@ipjustice.org FTAA Treaty Chapter on IP 'Threatens Freedom and Free Trade' IP Justice White Paper Reveals Treaty Would Send P2P File-Sharers to Prison Sponsors Petition to Delete Intellectual Property Chapter International civil liberties group IP Justice published a report today entitled "FTAA: A Threat to Freedom and Free Trade," that analyzes key sections of the Free Trade Area of ...