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European Parliament Rejects Plan to Disconnect File-Sharers

By soulxtc

Slim majority votes for amendment to eliminate the the "three-strikes-and-your-out" policy that would have permanently disconnected accused file-sharers from the internet. Today the European Parliament rejected attempts to criminalize file-sharing by a slim majority vote. Some 314 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) cast their votes in favor of an amendment to the Report on the Cultural Industries by French MEP Guy Bono to scrap its proposed "three-strikes-and-your-out-policy" on illegal file-sharing. It narrowly passed with 297 MEPs voting against the amendment. "The vote shows that MEPs want to strike a balance between the interests of rights holders and those of consumers, and that big measures like cutting off Internet access shouldn't be used," said Malene Folke Chaucheprat, a European Parliament spokeswoman, shortly after the vote.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on April 10, 2008 (boomark / email).