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Deadline Passes for European Digital Copyright Law

W00t! My illegal CD piracy scam can continue into the new year! :S

"A deadline for adopting a new EU law on copyright protection has passed with just two member countries signing up, dealing a blow to media and software companies beset by unauthorized duplication of their works across the Internet.

"It's a bit disappointing," Francisco Mingorance, European policy director for the Business Software Alliance (BSA) trade group told Reuters on Monday. "Obviously, this will delay the process."

The deadline for implementing the European Union (news - web sites)'s Copyright Directive, a broad set of laws designed to better protect the distribution of film, music and software across the Internet and onto digital devices such as mobile phones, was Sunday night. Just Greece and Denmark have adopted the directive into local law, officials said. "

Thank god they havent is all i can say.

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