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process having raging across europe against last week signing when u
copyright treaty wishing forces intellectual property law on the
internet but it's a the international actor document enforces censorship
was a violation of human rights
utilities tom barton reports more demonstrations are expected over the
weekend
the streets maybe smelly
but here in sweden the heat is being turned up in that most modern of
political debates surrounding internet freedom protests have been cold here in
the capital as part of a wider reaction in europe and the u_s_ against walls
perceived to infringe on the public's access to the internet
the target this time
d_n_c_ counterfeiting trade agreement signed by countries around the world
the people behind the law point out that it's important to try and protect the
copyrights of the people
we make video
and distributed around the world if you say well everything should be free world
perhaps no one will ripening bookstore produce musical films that sort of where
they were has not been would disappear but the markets
because it's not comfortable with him on
posing dennis dixon
say it's a wolf in sheep's clothing away for governments to control their access
to the internet and that was held in secret but it was designs to be very
punitive to those found preaching copyright rules
the net generation has grown up
with the ability to say anything
to anybody else on the planet
today ideas
battle it out for themselves
have a freedom of speech never before imagine we'd only to past anybody's
permission
to percent new ideas and
all of a sudden
corporations wants to take that away because it inconvenient system
millions of young people
are rising up
banget
the formation of pirate parties not just a real sweden
but elsewhere in europe
is evidence of how heidi status of those internet freedom campaigners house
resident
and as politics not just in the european parliament but also on the streets exam
freedom campaigners are urging people to put their views across before the
european parliament votes on this in june to try and stop the legislation
it's mates whether it's done in parliament's and the political
boardrooms or on the street few expect this to be a calm debate