E.U. Leaders Bolster Internet Access Protections
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Although this is a step in the right direction, advocacy groups are still disappointed citing that they were expecting stronger legal protection requiring more formal legal procedures for criminal piracy.
European lawmakers on Thursday agreed on new protections for Internet users, striking a compromise between national governments seeking to impose tough anti-piracy laws and consumer organizations that wanted to enshrine Internet access as an unassailable right.
The agreement removes the last hurdle to passage of sweeping changes to European telecommunications law, which had been held hostage for six months by the standoff over Internet access.
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