EU lawmakers voted Wednesday for legislation that would set prison sentences and fines for large-scale commercial piracy, but exempt patents and copying carried out for personal use. The draft rules would make it a crime for anyone who knowingly breaks intellectual property rights by copying music, movies, medicines or luxury goods on a commercial scale. "It is about punishing mafia-style criminals, not about jailing kids who download music from the Internet," said one politician.
April 26, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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EU lawmakers voted Wednesday for legislation that would set prison sentences and fines for large-scale commercial piracy, but exempt patents and copying carried out for personal use.
The draft rules would make it a crime for anyone who knowingly breaks intellectual property rights by copying music, movies, medicines or luxury goods on a commercial scale.
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