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March 16, 2012 08:05 am

European Parliament Blocks Copyright Reform With 113% Voter Turnout


First time accepted submitter mcmadman writes "In a bizarre turn of events, the legal affairs committee of the European Parliament (JURI), voted to weaken a reform of the copyright monopoly for allowing re-publication and access to orphan works. What is surprising is that the voter turnout happened to be 113%. The fact that there were three votes too many, and that these three votes determined the outcome was pointed out to the committee. Unfortunately, when this was done, along with formally requesting a re-vote, that re-vote was denied."

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