[Ecommerce] re new French DADVSI Copyright Bill

[Manon Ress]

From: Jean-Baptiste Soufron <jbsoufron@gmail.com>
Date: May 8, 2006 12:39:59 PM EDT
To: a2k@lists.essential.org
Subject: [A2k] Audionautes : a march in Paris to denounce the new
French DADVSI Copyright Bill

Very nice march in Paris... I guess we'll find videos and pictures
soon on flickr and cie.

Here is the link of the press release from Audionautes :

http://audionautes.net/blog/index.php?2006/05/08/90-the-association-
of-audionautes-and-the-160-000-signatories-of-the-anti-eucd-petition-
successfully-organized-a-march-in-paris-to-denounce-the-new-french-
dadvsi-copyright-bill

Jean-Baptiste Soufron
cersa-cnrs paris 2
+33 (0)6 17 96 24 57
http://soufron.typhon.net

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The French Association of Audionautes (ADA) and the 160 000
signatories of the European Copyright Directive petition organized a
march in Paris to denounce the new French DADVSI Copyright Bill that
is currently being examined at the Senate.

The ADA protests that this new law will create new civil and criminal
penalties against the circumvention of digital rights management
techniques, and against anyone who would help to that circumvention.
The ADA wants to point out that this bill is likely to criminalize
the writing of compatible softwares to play music, video. The ADA
insists that the current draft of the law does not even authorize
users to quote protected texts.

The bill is due to be examined in the Senate this week with a fast
track procedure requested by the government, Aziz Ridouan, President
of the ADA, met with the French Presidential Candidate S=E9gol=E8ne
Royal. In this meeting, Ridouan set out to establish that this new
Bill is not a sufficient solution for the following reasons:

- it does not offer judicial safety for the public, especially when
recent cases have ruled in favor of Internet users downloading
content over P2P networks
- it fails to provide a means of compensating the artists of
downloaded music and media, while the amendments that the ADA and the
Artist-Public Alliance put forth propose to create a Global Optional
License that would enable the redistribution of collected funds to
the creators of works.

According to Jean-Baptiste Soufron, Legal Counsel of the ADA, "the
current bill is contrary to French case law and would result in the
stifling of innovation and judicial uncertainty in the French
software industry. Software developers stand be held liable for uses
of their technology over which they have no control."

At any case, the ADA who is already helping the defense of more than
100 people will not hesitate to mount a constitutional challenge
before the Constitutional Council.

AFP Press Release:
http://fr.news.yahoo.com/07052006/202/manifestation-paris-contre-le-
projet-de-loi-sur-le-droit.html

About Association of Audionautes:
The Association of Audionautes is a non-for-profit organization
founded by French high school and college students in order to react
to the abusive threats of the musical industry. They now help more
than 100 people to organize their defense, and they regroup more than
6000 members including students, lawyers, artists, etc.

Press contact: +33 671 602 238 (French) / +33 617 962 457 (English) /
english@audionautes.net

A propos de l=92Alliance Public-Artistes : L'Alliance "Public-Artistes"
r=E9unit des organisations repr=E9sentant le public (associations de
consommateurs, d'internautes et d'=E9ducation) et les artistes
(artistes interpr=E8tes ou auteurs), ayant pour objectif commun
d'assurer la mise en place d'un cadre juridique adapt=E9 pour la
circulation des oeuvres dans l'univers num=E9rique, respectant les
droits, les libert=E9s et les int=E9r=EAts des artistes et du public.

Membres de l=92Alliance Public-Artistes : Associations de consommateurs
et d=92internautes (Association des Audionautes, CLCV, Ligue de
l=92enseignement, UFC Que-Choisir, UNAF) ;
Soci=E9t=E9s de gestion collective des droits d=92artistes (ADAMI,
SPEDIDAM, SAIF) ;
Syndicats d=92artistes (F=E9d=E9ration nationale SAMUP, SAMUP, SNAP CGT,
SNEA-UNSA, SNM FO) ;
Associations de photographes (UPC) et de musiciens sp=E9cialis=E9s (UMJ,
QWARTZ).




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