EU parliament passes tough anti-piracy law

The European Parliament Tuesday passed tough new anti-piracy legislation - the Intellectual Property Rights Enforcement Directive - that has already elicited protests from civil liberties groups that fear that its provisions, aimed primarily at commercial enterprises, could visit harsh penalties upon individual file-swappers and other information users (see, for instance, this recent European Digital Rights PRESS RELEASE).

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Statement on the vote in the European Parliament

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