[governance] Positive Rights News From Europe

[Jeffrey A. Williams]

All,

See:

In good news from Europe on the rights front.
First, at the EU level,  http://www.ispreview.co.uk/ Mark.J brings word
that the European Parliament has
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/news/EkkkuEyVkATqxNIAOW.html canned
a number of controversial amendments to its updated Telecoms Package,
which could have resulted in ISPs being forced to disconnect customers
for involvement in illegal file-sharing of copyrighted material. Next,
SplatMan_DK writes from Denmark on a recent ruling by the Danish High 
Court that means that Danes are
http://suse.groenbaek.net/openlife/2008/09/20/danes-do-not-have-to-prove-that-they-are-not-copyright-violators/
still innocent until proven guilty in copyright cases, even if their IP
address has been confirmed as the origin of P2P traffic involving
copyrighted music. Finally, from Sweden, an update on the draconian
so-called Lex Orwell, which would have effectively resulted in the
routine wiretapping of the entire nation. 
mailto:wigan.pier at bugmenot.com Eric Blair sends a link on an agreement
reached between the Swedish parliament and the sitting government on a 
http://radsoft.net/news/20080925,00.shtml new form for the controversial
signals intelligence law. Supposedly, the
sting has been taken out of the law: only the department of defense and
the cabinet may request data, and they'll have to get court approval for
it.

Regards,

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