Strasbourg, 14/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Parliament modified, the Council's common position on "copyright and related rights in the information society", by only retaining 9 amendments from its Legal and Internal Market Committee. Fifteen parliamentarians announced before their vote their intention to abstain by raising their "interests" either as an author, or broadcaster. Due to this, several amendments were rejected in the absences of the 314 votes required in...