A Soviet Internet controlling the EU?

by Brian Turner

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According to a report on the BBC, the EU is due to vote on a bill on July 7th that aims to ban internet pirates from the net, and allow governments to vet what software can be used online.

The quote says it all:

digital rights campaigners [say] anti-piracy lobbyists have hijacked the telecoms laws and tabled amendments that turn dry proposals on industry reform into an assault on the freedom of net users.

It seems this includes a “3 strikes” system, where individual users can be banned from the internet is they receive 3 warnings about potential piracy usage.

Even more disturbing is the suggestion that the software that can be used online can be regulated, with the Foundation for a Free Internet Infrastructure (FFII) claiming that it sets up a “Soviet Internet”:

“Tomorrow, popular software applications like Skype or even Firefox might be declared illegal in Europe if they are not certified by an administrative authority.”

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