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EU commissioner Kroes says US internet law is 'bad legislation'Friday 20 January 2012  Dutch EU commissioner Neelie Kroes, who is in charge of Europe's digital agenda, said on Friday a proposed US law to combat internet piracy is 'bad legislation'. 'My view is that internet regulation must be effective, proportionate and preserve benefits of open net,' Kroes said in answer to questions using the microblogging service Twitter. Later Kroes tweeted: 'Glad tide is turning on Sopa: don't need bad legislation when should be safeguarding benefits of open net... Speeding is illegal too: but you don't put speed bumps on the motorway.' Online piracy The Stop Online Piracy Act (Sopa) bill is currently being considered by the House of Representatives. According to the BBC, the proposed legislation is designed to tackle online piracy and says anyone found guilty of streaming copyrighted content without permission 10 or more times within six months should face up to five years in jail. US-based internet service providers, payment processors and advertisers would be outlawed from doing business with alleged copyright infringers. Kroes' comments follow an FBI-led swoop on the filesharing website Megaupload.com, which led to four arrests in New Zealand on Thursday. A Dutch national is among those being held.
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Right. And what kind of legislation is the one according to which Ziggo and XS4ALL should be forced to block PirateBay? By George | January 20, 2012 9:04 PM These law aren't needed. The film and music industries need to keep up with the times, movies should be available for cheap download and good quality as soon as they are released. More people would watch and more money would be made & it would wipe out most of the pirates The only laws needed is filtering of hardcore porn & racist porn By Phil | January 21, 2012 12:22 PM She's stolen that 'car' analogy from someone else, but I don't care. At least she's thinking in the right direction. By Willie | January 21, 2012 12:26 PM It's unworkable and probably illegal anyway, it is a bit Big Brother and will just push things to other locations. It will not solve the propblem but then again the US is used to jumping into the hot tub both feet first....Iraq.....Afgan.... By AndyT | January 21, 2012 1:41 PM What the music/film industries don't seem to get, is that we're all more 'global' in our outlook. i-tunes.nl is finally offering movies but not without the usual 'Dutch' inflated price. 13 euros for Black Swan? It's 6 pounds for a DVD you can own forever on Amazon.uk. Still no NETFLIX / proper IPLAYER etc. I scoff at the price of CDs here too. Downloading is a pain in the tail, only the ultra tight and/or students want to faff about with this if you had a 'real time' alternative for about 1 or 2 euros. (Having said that - you'd have to pay me to sit through Black Swan again). By morgan | January 23, 2012 3:25 PM Big deal if the US bans things on the internet, it just opens the market for all the competition in other countries. The US is becoming less relevant in the world anyway. By Stefan | January 23, 2012 4:33 PM
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But this will only apply to America. It will not apply to Europe unless our representatives give in to America and implement it. What will then happen to Europe being told what laws to implement by America ?
By Karl H | January 20, 2012 3:06 PM