2nd EU Copyright Directive Pending Next Week
The Open Rights Group, a British activist organization, has the story. Among other things, the IPRED2 legislation as it stands overrides member states discretion and mandates minimum criminal sanctions in cases of infringement. It also seems to target secondary liability, though it does make vague noises about “commercial scale”.
According to ORG, EFF European has set up a dedicated site, copycrime.eu, to concentrate efforts and raise awareness.
If you live in the EU and have not acted to help stop this legislation in the past, now is most definitely the time.
