[Upd-discuss] French Parliament Approves Amendment to LegalizeFilesharing

[Seth Johnson]

Good for you, Jean-Baptiste!

You seriously did a service to humanity there.

You kicked serious ass.


Seth


Jean-Baptiste Soufron wrote:
> 
> Actually, that's my association, and they are the amendments that I
> drafted :D
> 
> Jean-Baptiste Soufron
> 
> Michael Hart wrote:
> >
> > From: SANS NewsBites, Vol. 7, Num.64
> > The SANS Institute
> > December 23, 2005
> > http://www.sans.org
> >
> >
> >
> > French Parliament Approves Amendment to Legalize Filesharing
> > (22 December 2005)
> > By a narrow margin, French Parliament members voted for an amendment
> > that could legalize peer-to-peer downloading of digital content. The
> > text of the amendment reads "Authors cannot forbid the reproduction of
> > works that are made on any format from an online communications service
> > when they are intended to be used privately." The amendment is attached
> > to an intellectual property rights bill. French copyright law includes
> > a concept called "private copy" under which people are permitted to make
> > copies for themselves or for friends. A French court recently held that
> > content that has been downloaded for personal use meets the requirements
> > of "private copy." L'Association Des Audionautes, "a French group
> > that defends people accused of improperly sharing music files", supports a
> > royalty tax to accompany the amendment, to be collected from the
> > Internet service providers who would likely pass the cost on by
> > "levying" a fee on users who conduct a certain amount of downloading.
> >
> > http://news.com.com/2102-1030_3-6005860.html?tag=st.util.print
> > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=avOoTq8aXkU8&refer=europe#
> > <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000085&sid=avOoTq8aXkU8&refer=europe#>
> >
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