DCMA á la Sweden

[mats.hogberg]

Sweden seems to follow suit when it comes to digital rights and realted items. A proposition for a new law, effective from Jan 1st 2004, will it (understandably) be a felony not only to make copyrighted material available, but also to download (or otherwise get your hands on) such material.
More surprising is that it will also be a felony to "manufacture or sell products helping the user to circumvent copy protection and encryption". This sounds familiar, but I had hoped I'd not have to experience it...
The law is to help the creators of music, movies and other "cultural" artefacts get paid for their work.
I sincerely doubt that it's the creators who will see the increased income...

/Mats

[g_shocker182]

hey mats are there a lot of people with the last name gustaf/ gustav- in sweden ?

[mats.hogberg]

Yes, it's pretty common. At least it was - Gustav is mostly 60+ or 12- It was in vogue some 15 years ago. It's also a common name among our kings - the current is King Karl XIV Gustaf...

/Mats

[g_shocker182]

hej!

i was just asking because trying to trace back own routes and gustafson being the last name and all and only place u here of that is in the swedish monarchy for the latter half of this millenium. thanks!

Ha det så bra!