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Ms Reding reacts with horror at the suggestion newspapers receive public funding (Photo: Sandrine Muscarella)

Commission backs internet users over content providers

The European Parliament's rejection of a proposed "three strikes" law - that would see internet users have their connection cut off if they have been found to repeatedly violate copyright - must be respected, the commission said at an EUobserver-organised conference on internet rights.

"We have to respect the view of the parliament," information society commissioner Viviane Reding said at the Brussels event on Wednesday (8 October), referring to the "Bono Amendment" approved on 24 Septe...

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Ms Reding reacts with horror at the suggestion newspapers receive public funding (Photo: Sandrine Muscarella)

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