EU plans to ban loud mp3s, mobile phones & ipods

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http://www.ukip.org/content/latest-n...r-noise-police

http://www.mp3-expert.co.uk/mp3-news...-ipods__id-111

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...le-phones.html

UKIP MEP Mike Nattrass has raised the volume over EU plans stopping people listening to loud music on their mobiles and MP3 players.
The West Midlands MEP has ghetto-blasted the EU over plans which will strictly limit noise levels on music players. If Brussels bureaucrats get their way, future music devices will have to be manufactured to restrict noise levels.

But Mr Nattrass believes the EU is once more taking away people’s freedom of choice and says the plans will not be music to many people’s ears. “If Napoleonic Law suggests we should play Led Zep 'tranquillo' then we should set Robert Plant on them,” said Mr Nattrass. “Again, the EU is poking its nose in where it does not belong ... our ears."

“I believe when music becomes a noise disturbance to others then of course it should not be tolerated. There is nothing more annoying than loud music blaring from someone’s mobile on public transport.", “But, I believe the EU has hit another flat note with these plans. People are having choice and freedom taken away from them.

“Protecting people’s hearing is of great importance but why should we have to comply with EU concepts. This is the wrong parliament making the wrong noises and affecting choice. Will they decide which performer is too noisy next?", “It is time we said a loud NO to the EU.", “This form of Eurovision song contest we can do without,” he added.

Yet more interferring from the European Union, I think if someones ears are hurting from loud music on their mobile phone, ipod or mp3 then they have the individual common sense to turn it down. It is somebodys choice what they play their music at, not the choice of a group of unelected eurocrats in the unelected European Union. I'm going to keep posting EU news, because its important that people see just how much of an effect this corrupt organisation (soon to be a state within its own right) has on our lives.

[Mathew]

Nanny state at it's best..

[Xoim]

It seems like the EU are banning everything ;l

[GommeInc]

Only a few words to say about this if it is true:

Good luck with that.

Companies won't allow it, they will appeal against it. It's the persons freedom to choose to deafen themselves, not the EU. If this is true, that they were debating such a waste of time and resources, then the EU will for ever be pictured as the nagging mother who sprays Dettol on anything - stupid, irresposible, and knows how to waste money.

ALSO, this will be a bad move because MP3 players, including iPods, may sound loud in ear phones, but when you plug them into cars or speaker systems, they're not as loud as they should be. If people sue companies because they've deafened themselves, the EU should do the decent thing for a change and tell them how to make a ball of concrete with a chain attached to it, and instructions on how to chuck it and themselves attached to it off a bridge :/

[Smits]

Theyre having a laugh. The EU is completely stupid, i think theyre making up things for the fun of it, see who can make the biggest public outrage.

[Alkaz]

Its ridiculous, ye its annoying but its just one of those things we've had to put up with for 100s of years so why bother now?

Even if they do get the go-ahead there will soon be software out there to crack the restriction and probably have it louder than previously.

[GommeInc]

Its ridiculous, ye its annoying but its just one of those things we've had to put up with for 100s of years so why bother now?

Even if they do get the go-ahead there will soon be software out there to crack the restriction and probably have it louder than previously.

But how can the EU implement these changes? They can't possibly ask Creative, Apple, Sony and so on to change the wiring, their products are global - not special european items. Changing the way they are built will cost the companies money, something they won't want to do (and may lead to them appealing against the change).

[kk.]

how can they limit the sound that they can play music. some people are more deaf than others and require the higher volume to hear the music. not only that but you can also boost the volume within music players, like itunes on the get info. This is just ridiculous and one more reason why the EU shouldnt be around. They should be focusing on more important things rather than how loud music is. It would alright if there was a multi national NHS service but there isnt so i dont see what the EU is going to get out of this

[Rixion]

if this is true, i'll be leaving the EU!

I need my ipod!

[Jahova]

What a joke the EU are.