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Italian parliament passed legislation unknowingly legalizing P2P music
 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2008-02-05 13:17 [#02172103]
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Just when they thought they were a step closer to
halting the sharing of music, Italy goes and screws things
up. The Italian parliament passed a new copyright law in
both houses that would allow citizens to share noncommercial
and degraded music over the internet freely. But alas, it
turns out all music sold on most download sites is degraded.
MP3 and AAC files at 192kbps and 128kbps, respectively, fit
in the downgraded category.

Though the law limits file sharing to “educational or
scientific” use, there will be more difficulty in
prosecuting those who use it for other purposes. The law
adds a broad definition of what is considered legal and
illegal in this context.

Andrea Monte, who specialized in copyright law, states that
the legislature “does not know that MP3 fall within the
concept of degraded music”. Monte is one of the first
lawyers to be assigned to study the law at the Ministry of
Cultural Heritage, according to la Repubblica. The current law, passed
through the Chamber and Senate, needs only to be published
in the Official Journal before becoming a fully fledged law.
Because of this, the law is no longer able to be edited.
In order to correct the mistakes of this legislation,
parliament officials will have to pass another law.

But for now, SIAE (Società Italiana degli Autori ed
Editori), Italy’s RIAA counterpart, will have to deal with
the situation, possible to help mold a new law.


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politicians here do good things only when they don't know
what they are doing.


 

offline fleetmouse from Horny for Truth on 2008-02-05 15:16 [#02172206]
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what if I want to use the wifi at the Olive Garden.


 

offline BoxBob-K23 from Finland on 2008-02-05 15:32 [#02172209]
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even a stopped clock gives the right time twice a day


 

offline mohamed from the turtle business on 2008-02-05 15:35 [#02172210]
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