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EUCD - Copyright Extensions that Harm - Risks of monopolies on file formats, reduced interoperability, insecurity, and limits on free speech.
Euro-Copyrights - Features brief overviews about implementation of the EUCD in some EU member states.
EUROPA - Internal Market - Intellectual Property - Official Documents - Repository of European Union Directives, Proposals and Reports on Intellectual Property legislations, in PDF format.
FIPR - Policy Work - The Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) is an independent organisation researching the effects of new legislation and lobbying UK Government parties for the provision of academic and personal freedom.
See the New Copyright Law, and Watch It Suck As Much As the Largest Hoover Ever Made - Chris Lightfoot's correspondence with Anne Campbell, Labour MP for Cambridge, over his concerns about the EUCD.
Status of Cryptography Research in Implementation of the EUCD - UKcrypto forum thread discussing cryptography issues in the implementation of the EUCD.
TCPA / Palladium FAQ - Ross Anderson's analysis of Intel's TCPA and Microsoft's Palladium, technologies for digital rights management which may well have implications upon the implementation of the EUCD.
Why the Copyright Directive is Unimportant, and Possibly Invalid - Analysis by Dutch law professor Bernt Hugenholtz.
Patent Office swamped by EU Copyright Directive response - The Patent Office will miss the EUCD deadline of 22 December due to extensive feedback on the draft UK proposal. Article by Drew Cullen [Register]. (November 20, 2002)
UK's DMCA: There Ain't No Sanity Clause - Article by Andrew Orlowski [Register] (August 22, 2002)
Exemptions Exempted in Europe's DMCA - Article by Andrew Orlowski [Register] (August 16, 2002)
Shouting About Copyright - Technology consultant Bill Thompson discusses issues of concern in the UK implementation of the EUCD, his view being that it may eat away at our rights to enjoy music and film. [BBC] (August 16, 2002)
Does New Europe Law Mean Slammer for DRM Crackers? - Article by John Leyden [Register] (May 13, 2002)
Alan Cox Attacks the European DMCA - Article covering Alan Cox's speech at the Campaign for Digital Rights meeting [Register] (April 30, 2002)
The EU's Answer to the DMCA - "You thought the DCMA was bad? Well EU Directive 2001/29/EU is due to be passed into individual country law next year." News and discussion forum. [Slashdot] (October 27, 2001)
Digital Copyright Clampdown to Jump the Atlantic - "While US campaigners are up in arms about the US's notorious Digital Millennium Copyright Act, few people realise that even more extreme legislation is coming to the UK via Brussels." (October 26, 2001)
UK Campaigners Call for Anti 'Anti-rip' CD Day of Action - "Campaigners will take to the streets of Britain this Saturday (6 October) in a bid to raise public awareness of the music industry's attempts to prevent listeners from copying CDs or playing discs on PCs." By Tony Smith. [Register] (October 4, 2001) Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.