[Ecommerce] Finland: National Parliament Rejects Prop. to Implement EC Copyright Directive 2001/29/EC

[Manon Anne Ress]

2003/02/06
Finland: National Parliament Rejects Proposal To Implement European 
Copyright Directive

The Finnish Parliament has blocked a proposal by the Finnish Government 
to implement the European Directive on copyright and related rights in 
the information society (Directive 2001/29/EC).

The Directive was supposed to have been implemented by December 2002, 
but so far, only two Member States (Denmark and Greece) have passed the 
necessary implementing legislation. The Government's proposed 
implementing legislation was recently rejected by the legislature, after 
heavy criticism of the proposal from the consumer group Electronic 
Frontier Finland.

Under European law, Finland remains under an obligation to implement the 
Directive. The onus is on the Finnish Government to propose implementing 
legislation that the Parliament will pass.

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Manon Anne Ress
Consumer Project on Technology
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