-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
HADOPI Law Passed - by 12 Votes to 4
,----[ Quote ]
| It is difficult to believe in democracy in which we aim to live and write.
| After 41 hours and 40 minutes of passionate discussion on the text, there
| remained only a handful of courageous members around 22:45 Thursday evening
| when the National Assembly decided, on the instructions of the Secretary of
| State Roger Karoutchi to pass immediately to vote on the Creation and
| Internet law, which was not expected before next week. One exception, which
| allows you to hide the large number of UMP deputies who would have abstained
| if the vote had been, as tradition dictates, after the government issues
| Tuesday night. Thus wished Nicolas Sarkozy.
|
| [...]
|
| So one of the most important, and contentious piece of legislation in recent
| years is passed by trickery. In this way, those pushing this law have shown
| their true colours and their contempt for the democratic process.
`----
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/04/hadopi-law-passed-by-12-votes-to-4.html
French pass 'three strikes' file-sharing law
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/03/french_three_strikes/
"Piracy Law" Cuts *Traffic* not "Piracy"
,----[ Quote ]
| All this means is that people aren't sharing so much stuff online. But now
| that you can pick up a 1 Terabyte external hard drive for less than a hundred
| quid - which can store about a quarter of a million songs - guess what people
| are going to turn to in order to swap files in the future?
`----
http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2009/04/piracy-law-cuts-traffic-not-piracy.html
Recent:
Political Hypocrisy: French President Sued for Copyright Infringement
,----[ Quote ]
| This may very well become the most ironic stories of 2009 in the copyright
| debate. The CBC is reporting that French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been
| sued by an independent band for copyright infringement.
`----
http://www.zeropaid.com/news/10034/Political+Hypocrisy+French+President+Sued+for+Copyright+Infringement
Is Nicholas Sarkozy One Strike Towards Losing His Internet Connection?
,----[ Quote ]
| The latest is that French President, Nicholas Sarkozy, a big supporter of
| setting up a three strikes law in France, is being accused of violating
| copyright law himself.
`----
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090226/0101073907.shtml
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)
iEYEARECAAYFAknWrBAACgkQU4xAY3RXLo7N3gCfYB4SRUZKyGpW3JeODrz7GVet
kNkAoK3HvYz6ujF/POr4/X5OyN56H27t
=a+ch
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
|
|
