[pp.int.general] No Swiss DMCA

Mårten Fjällström marten.fjallstrom at piratpartiet.se
Fri Dec 7 15:59:42 CET 2007


Saw this:
"
No Swiss DMCA
www.no-dmca.ch
Referendum against the Revision of the Copyright act as of 5. October 2007

A dangerous law has been passed on the 5th October by both the Parliament  
and the National Council almost without resistance. The revision  
represents massive advances for legal protection of copy protection  
mechanisms.
"

They are collecting signatures in Switzerland (needs 50 000 before 24th of  
January) and apparently are grateful of publicity for it. Afaik, there is  
no pirate party in Switzerland but there is in four out of five of  
Switzerlands neighbour countries. So spread the word!

-- 
Mårten Fjällström


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