Finland 1st country to crowdsource law - Copyright laws take change

07/23/2013 - 00:00


By Ernesto - 

Finland is the first country in the world in which Parliament will vote on a "fairer" copyright law that has been crowdsourced by the public. The proposal, which obtained the required 50,000 Finnish votes just a day before the deadline, seeks to decriminalize file-sharing and legalize the copying of items that people already own.

Since last year the Finnish public has had the option of suggesting the kind of laws they want to be governed under.

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