EU wants voluntary deal on online piracy
29 June 2009
Emma Barraclough, London
The European Commission is to encourage internet service providers and copyright owners to negotiate a voluntary agreement to tackle online piracy at the EU level
Margot Fröhlinger, director of the knowledge based economy division in the internal market directorate, told
Managing IP
that her team was inviting the two sides to talks next month to establish whether there is the political will to work at the European level to find a solution to the problem of illegal downloading.
But she added: "I'm not absolutely sure there is."
Fröhlinger contrasted the position of ISPs to that of online trading platforms such as auction sites, many of whom have agreed to take part in discussions led by...
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