The first draft of the DMCA-inspired European Union Copyright Directive has been published at http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/consultations/eccopyright/. Forget about any old-fashioned ideas you might have about “owning” that software you bought. If you don’t like the spyware thats bundled with it, then tough. Disable it and you’re going to jail for three months, you commie.
Details and analysis:
http://uk.eurorights.org/issues/eucd/ukimpl/critique_uk_impl.html
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