Criminalization of parallel imports still controversial - sounds cumbersome. But it means nothing else than that the opinion of the EU Parliament should be ignored again. Parallel imports mean, for example, buying music abroad because it's cheaper there. And that is of course a thorn in the side of the rip-off merchants. Because the free movement of the market in the EU can and may not apply to something as important as music or films. Where would we end up there. After all, we also have to give up our rights to the stuff. There will probably be rain again soon - the arguments of the prolethicians and rip-off merchants are particularly flat at the moment ...