COUNCIL OF EUROPE
April 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Union has launched a strong attack on the Council of Europe's draft convention on cybercrime, which is supposed to protect online publishers by committing European countries - including those in the east - to outlawing the abuse of digital copyright. The EU's Working Party of Data Protection accuses the draft of being "too vague and confusing" and of threatening "fundamental rights and freedoms," regarding privacy and data security. The document calls for the discussions on the convention to be extended beyond the existing June ...
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