Don’t cut net access, EC warns Spain

p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- The European Commission says it’ll get tough with Spain if the country tries to disconnect “content pirates”. Earlier today, “European legislators have given the green light to new rules which decree users’ can still be cut off, but only after a ‘prior, fair and impartial procedure’ which gives them ‘the opportunity to state their case and respects the principles of presumption of innocence and the right to privacy’ has been completed”, said p2pnet . But, “an EU statement outlining the decision doesn’t say what the ‘fair and impartial procedure’ will comprise, or who will decide user rights have indeed been upheld, or by what means”, we pointed out.

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Tuesday, November 24th, 2009 P2P News

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