A proposed new copyright law has draconian provisions that could include jail time. And it covers Internet service providers (ISPs), software companies, websites, instant messaging (IM) and cell phone services.

If you’re doing business via the Internet in the European Union, watch this closely. Should it become law, chances are you’ll have to adjust your online activities to accommodate it.

Hat tip to PC World.

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With an advanced international law degree from Georgetown University and more than 14 years of real world legal experience, Attorney Mike Young shows entrepreneurs how to protect and grow their businesses online. He's the author of Internet Marketing Legal Secrets Revealed. Not just a lawyer who focuses exclusively on Internet and marketing law, Mike’s been working with computers for more than 27 years (his first computer was an Atari 400 with 8 KiB RAM) and started representing Internet businesses back in 1996.