EU Ministers Back Internet Copyright  
   "After three years of wrangling, the European Union formally adopts legislation giving copyright protection on the internet." [BBC]
   http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1269000/1269514.stm

Opposition Grows to Web Caching Ban  
   "The European Parliament's attempts to control music piracy on the Net have been overdone - says the music industry!" By Chris Nutall. [BBC]
   http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_298000/298498.stm

Video-taping Faces Blackout  
   "Recording television programmes on video could become illegal under new EU copyright laws." [BBC]
   http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_225000/225400.stm

UK Campaigners Call for Anti 'Anti-rip' CD Day of Action  
   "Campaigners will take to the streets of Britain this Saturday (6 October) in a bid to raise public awareness of the music industry's attempts to prevent listeners from copying CDs or playing discs on PCs." By Tony Smith. [Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/22041.html

Tougher Net Piracy Law Backed  
   "The European Parliament votes for tougher laws to combat Internet piracy following intense lobbying by the music industry." By Chris Nutall. [BBC]
   http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_277000/277126.stm

EU Concludes Copyright Deal  
   "After three years of wrangling, the European Union has finally adopted new legislation protecting the use of films, music and books on the internet." [BBC]
   http://news6.thdo.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1269000/1269449.stm

EUCD - Copyright Extensions that Harm  
   Risks of monopolies on file formats, reduced interoperability, insecurity, and limits on free speech.
   http://silvaneves.org/eucd/eucd.en.html

Why the Copyright Directive is Unimportant, and Possibly Invalid  
   Analysis by Dutch law professor Bernt Hugenholtz.
   http://www.ivir.nl/publications/hugenholtz/opinion-EIPR.html

The EU's Answer to the DMCA  
   "You thought the DCMA was bad? Well EU Directive 2001/29/EU is due to be passed into individual country law next year." News and discussion forum. [Slashdot]
   http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/27/2326226

Digital Copyright Clampdown to Jump the Atlantic  
   "While US campaigners are up in arms about the US's notorious Digital Millennium Copyright Act, few people realise that even more extreme legislation is coming to the UK via Brussels."
   http://www.silicon.com/public/door?REQUNIQ=1004218894&6004REQEVENT=&REQINT1=48623&REQSTR1=MSN

European Union Copyright Directive  
   Text of the directive passed by the European Parliament on 22 May 2001.
   http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/consleg/main/2001/en_2001L0029_index.html

FIPR - Policy Work  
   The Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR) is an independent organisation researching the effects of new legislation and lobbying UK Government parties for the provision of academic and personal freedom.
   http://www.fipr.org/policy.html

TCPA / Palladium FAQ  
   Ross Anderson's analysis of Intel's TCPA and Microsoft's Palladium, technologies for digital rights management which may well have implications upon the implementation of the EUCD.
   http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

Copyleft: Creativity, Technology and Freedom?  
   Homepage of the book of the same name by Miriam Rainsford; news, information and links concerning the effects of new copyright legislation such as the EUCD upon personal privacy and human rights.
   http://www.copyleftmedia.org.uk

EUCD Lecture 29/04/02  
   Audio recordings (Ogg Vorbis and wav format) of Alan Cox and Martin Keegan's lectures on the EUCD proposals at the April 2002 Campaign for Digital Rights meeting. Includes transcript of slides from Alan Cox's presentation.
   http://www.odl.qmul.ac.uk/eucd/

Shouting About Copyright  
   Technology consultant Bill Thompson discusses issues of concern in the UK implementation of the EUCD, his view being that it may eat away at our rights to enjoy music and film. [BBC]
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2195347.stm

Status of Cryptography Research in Implementation of the EUCD  
   UKcrypto forum thread discussing cryptography issues in the implementation of the EUCD.
   http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/pipermail/ukcrypto/2002-August/020120.html

See the New Copyright Law, and Watch It Suck As Much As the Largest Hoover Ever Made  
   Chris Lightfoot's correspondence with Anne Campbell, Labour MP for Cambridge, over his concerns about the EUCD.
   http://ex-parrot.com/~chris/sucks/eucd/

Technobabble  
   UK Times article by David Rowan: "Britain is set to follow the US in draconian new digital laws. Be afraid" [Times]
   http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-7-389530,00.html

UK's DMCA: There Ain't No Sanity Clause  
   Article by Andrew Orlowski [Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26788.html

Alan Cox Attacks the European DMCA  
   Article covering Alan Cox's speech at the Campaign for Digital Rights meeting [Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/25088.html

Does New Europe Law Mean Slammer for DRM Crackers?  
   Article by John Leyden [Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25256.html

Exemptions Exempted in Europe's DMCA  
   Article by Andrew Orlowski [Register]
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26717.html

The UK Patent Office - About Us and Policies - Consultation Paper  
   Draft of the UK implementation of the EUCD.
   http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/consultations/eccopyright/

Position Papers: European Copyright Policy  
   Sun Microsystems comment on the proposed EUCD.
   http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/policy/euro.html

Copyright reform that would hit DVD users attacked  
   Article on the effects of the proposed EUCD on competition and Fair Use. [Independent]
   http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/legal/story.jsp?story=319444

Campaign for Digital Rights  
   Campaign against the European Copyright Directive (EUCD), includes mailing list, background information, press releases and calendar of events.
   http://ukcdr.org/

Campaign for Digital Rights: European Union Copyright Directive  
   Information about why the EUCD is bad, background, and resources.
   http://ukcdr.org/issues/eucd/

Critique of the Proposed UK Implementation of the EU Copyright Directive  
   Julian Midgley's critique of the proposed UK Implementation of the EU Copyright Directive
   http://ukcdr.org/issues/eucd/ukimpl/critique_uk_impl.html

Patent Office swamped by EU Copyright Directive response  
   The Patent Office will miss the EUCD deadline of 22 December due to extensive feedback on the draft UK proposal. Article by Drew Cullen [Register].
   http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/28203.html

EUROPA - Internal Market - Intellectual Property - Official Documents  
   Repository of European Union Directives, Proposals and Reports on Intellectual Property legislations, in PDF format.
   http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/intprop/docs/

GiantStepsMts - DRM Watch  
   Consultancy offering several reports and white papers focusing on Digital Rights Management issues worldwide.
   http://www.giantstepsmts.com/drmwatch.htm

Campaign Against the TCPA  
   Communication platform and informational service about the threats caused by the TCPA.
   http://www.notcpa.org

Euro-Copyrights  
   Features brief overviews about implementation of the EUCD in some EU member states.
   http://www.euro-copyrights.org