Those of you (primarily in the EU) who aren't aware of the implications of this, might like to visit Computer Weekly and read the article on this directive - it (the directive) must be implemented in the UK by 04 JUN 2000.

Computer Weekly Article:
http://www.computerweekly.com/cwarchive/news/20000413/cwcontainer.asp?name=E4.HTML&SubSection=5

EU website:
http://europa.eu.int

Directive (in English, other languages available via the EU website):
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg24/policy/developments/dist_sell/dist01_en.html

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