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December 23, 2005
French ticklers?: legalizing file sharing in Paris
An odd note from the International Herald Tribune: "A nearly empty midnight session of the French National Assembly voted to add amendments to an antipiracy law that would allow peer-to-peer sharing of films and music over the Internet, a move that would legalize here what is considered piracy nearly everywhere else in the world." But, Thomas Crampton writes, The amendments face a tough time later in the legislative process, since the government, which holds a majority of seats, said it opposed the move. The small group of late-night lawmakers in the assembly, the lower house of Parliament, tacked on amendments that would establish a global license fee of 7 euros ($8.40) a month... That would permit Internet users to download unlimited digital music and films from the Internet for personal use..."We are trying to bring the law up to date with reality," said Patrick Bloche, a Socialist representing Paris, who was a co-author of the amendments. "It is wrong to describe the eight million French people who have downloaded music from the Internet as delinquents." [More of the politics and finances at the link.]
Posted by pride at December 23, 2005 01:53 PM
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