[A2k] keeping an eye on IP enforcement/ISP liability in Europe: good news from Sweden

[Vera Franz]

"The proposal in the Renfors-review that ISPs should be given the right
and be forced to shut down subscribers whose Internet subscription has
repeatedly been used for infringing copyrights has met with strong
criticism. Many have noted that shutting down an Internet subscription
is a wide-reaching measure that could have serious repercussions in a
society where access to the Internet is an imperative welfare-issue. The
government has, because of this, decided not to pursue this proposal."

---Swedish Minister of Justice Beatrice Ask & Swedish Minister of
Culture Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth in today's Swedens Daily.
http://www.svd.se/opinion/brannpunkt/artikel_972903.svd

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Vera Franz
Program Manager
Information Program
<www.soros.org/ip>
Open Society Foundation
100, Cambridge Grove
London W6 0LE
phone +44 20 7031 0219
fax +44 20 7031 0247




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