FC: European Parliament votes 460-0 against mandatory censorware

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:16:29 +0100
From: David Cantrell <david () cantrell org uk>
To: declan () well com
Subject: EU doesn't like censorware

There's a couple of stories on The Register today you might find interesting.
The European Parliament voted to not force the use of censorware:

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24808.html

The European Commission has also given an Israeli firewall vendor a jolly
stern talking to for anti-competitive practices:

  http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/24792.html

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David Cantrell | Member of the Brute Squad | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david

       Willing to accept a lower economic "standard of
       living" in return for higher quality of life




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