EU: EC to study US anti-piracy framework

Amid growing concerns over software piracy on the Internet, the EC has put forward proposals for new EU laws to protect copyright regulations. This follows the discovery that there are over 50,000 Internet and World Wide Web sites where pirate software can be downloaded very cheaply and sometimes for free. The EC is now conducting a study of the electronic commerce framework in the US, which clarifies the responsibility of Internet service providers whose customers breach copyright rules.