Bookmark: Finland Adopts New Copyright Legislation

Finland has adopted European Union Copyright Directive with new changes to its national legislation, giving Finland one of the most record label friendly pieces of legislation in Europe.

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/10/05/180216&from=rss

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  1. And the Finnish Minister of Culture was seen with a fake Prada bag:

    http://www.boingboing.net/2005/10/20/finnish_copyright_mi.html

    She was the one who called people who wrote in to complain about the new law terrorists. So, it’s ok to buy fake handbags that support gangsters? Do you think the politicans in normally non-corrupt Finland were bought out?

    Remember last year when the British Labour people (of all people) were pushing Software Patents down the EU’s throat w/o review?