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posted by mpawlo
on Wednesday April 09, @04:13PM
from the eucd dept.
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Norway has presented its implementation of the European Copyright Directive (EUCD). EUCD is based on the the same WIPO Copyright Treaty as the U.S. Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Hence, EUCD contains provisions stating copyright protection of anti-circumvention devices. In the proposed Norweigan implementation anti-circumvention devices are protected, with the important excemption of circumvention done in the private sphere. Such circumvention of copy-protection measures should be allowed. Thus, a player making it possible to play the latest Robbie Williams Escapology CD under GNU/Linux may be permissible. Personally, I find it hard to interpret the EUCD in a way that makes such an excemption feasible and enforceable under EU law, but at least the suggestion from the Norweigan Kirke- og Kulturdepartementet will fuel a long-waited debate on the balance of intellectual property rights in Europe.
Norway will implement EUCD as a member of EEC, since Norway is not an EU member state.
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