[Patents] New E.U directive about protection of copyright?

[Renaud Dans <renodan@bigfoot.com> (Renaud Dans)]

A friend just sent me this link and underlined this paragraph.

http://europa.eu.int/comm/internal_market/en/intprop/intprop/news/copyri=
ght.htm

A noter :

   Firstly, rightholders have complete control over the manufacture,
   distribution etc. of devices designed to circumvent anti-copying
   devices. A more flexible solution in this regard would have carried a=

   greater risk of abuse and piracy.

Cela semble signifier, en clair, que la MPAA (d=E9tenteur des droits sur=
 le CSS)
disposer de tout contr=F4le sur la distribution de lecteurs dvd qui incl=
uent le
d=E9cryptage CSS.

I do my best to translate it...

Does it mean, in clear, that the MPAA (who have the right on the CSS)
have a full control of the distribution of dvd that contain the
uncyper system CSS.

Cela semble mettre s=E9rieusement en p=E9ril toute tentative d'=E9crire =
un lecteur
DVD sous GPL (comme xine).

That should stop every try to write a reader of DVD under GPL (like xine=
).



What do you think about it?
Is it a correct interpretation?


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Dans Renaud. (renodan@bigfoot.com)