EU Internal Market Chief: Counterfeiting and Piracy Need Industry-Led Solutions
"The European Commission wants practical, pragmatic suggestions for fighting the “modern-day highway robbery” known as piracy and counterfeiting, Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said at a 13 May commission-sponsored high level conference on the issues.
McCreevy stressed that more regulation is not the answer, and that solutions lie with public-private cooperation. He called on industry to lead the battle against fakes, and on internet service providers (ISPs) to solve the problem of illegal downloads. But he also outlined planned expansion of anti-counterfeiting and anti-piracy efforts within the Commission." [IPWatch]
European Commission Proposes Forum On Future Of Copying Levies
"The European Commission has recommended that a forum involving creative artists and the consumer industry should be established to determine the future of private copying levies.
Twenty-one of the European Union’s 27 countries impose oft-criticised surcharges on equipment - ranging from blank cassettes to MP3 players and mobile phones - that may be used for recording or copying images or sound. While such levies are officially designed to compensate musicians or authors for the use of their work, they have attracted much criticism for allegedly being imposed in an arbitrary manner and for hampering cross-border trade within the EU." [IPWatch]
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