When will the world catch up with the fact that The Netherlands is not more the liberal country it once was? The boringness of Denmark combined with the social problems of the UK, that's where it's heading.
Netherlands bans illegal downloading
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#12The Netherlands was actually one of the few (European) countries without a download ban. The EU court now overruled that.
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#13Is this a late April 1 joke?
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#14Quite staggering how a non-elected instance can make major decisions for an entire country. Just like that.
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#15If something is illegal, isn't it already banned?
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#16The Netherlands was actually one of the few (European) countries without a download ban. The EU court now overruled that.
Thus fixing the most important problem the EU is currently facing. Life will be good again now.
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#17If something is illegal, isn't it already banned?
Not necessarily. For example, in the Netherlands one cannot be punished for being illegal here[0].
Edit: added a link for clarity.
[0]: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/04/cabinet_drops_...
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#18When will the world catch up with the fact that The Netherlands is not more the liberal country it once was? The boringness of Denmark combined with the social problems of the UK, that's where it's heading.
This story is not about liberalness, it's about a levy and the EU court ruling. The country comparison is like comparing apples to oranges. I'm an ex UK citizen who now lives in the Netherlands and you couldn't be further off the mark sir.
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#19If something is illegal, isn't it already banned?
Not necessarily. For example, in the Netherlands one cannot be punished for being illegal here[0]. Edit: added a link for clarity. [0]: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2014/04/cabinet_drops_...
> in the Netherlands one cannot be punished for being illegal here
This doesn't make sense as a sentence. Surely the Netherlands has a justice system and prisons, and surely those people in prison are there because they were convicted of doing something illegal. So it stands that you can and will be punished in the Netherlands for doing something illegal.
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#20Quite staggering how a non-elected instance can make major decisions for an entire country. Just like that.
Well, it can be quite the double edged sword. After all, the same non-elected instance has recently enforced net neutrality in the EU (and it certainly received a lot of praise for that). It has also recently introduced a ban on roaming charges on mobile networks abroad (but within the EU). In the case of the Netherlands, it has recently ruled a law, which forces providers to store metadata of their clients for 6 to 24 months, illegal, due to a violation of our privacy . These decisions are beneficial for EU citizens, consumers.
You gain some, you lose some. :)