French Copyright Law Reform
There is a bill in the French parliment that would make filesharing legal. It started as a move to increase penalties for filesharers, but it was amended toinstead create a fee system. Get more information from Google News.
I have mixed feelings on this. It does not end copyright, in fact if it is like other media fee systems, it will in fact victimize users who aren't even using copyrighted material. It could give the recording cartels another unearned income, locked into the rising popularity of P2P software.
I have mixed feelings on this. It does not end copyright, in fact if it is like other media fee systems, it will in fact victimize users who aren't even using copyrighted material. It could give the recording cartels another unearned income, locked into the rising popularity of P2P software.
# posted by indrax @ 1:29 AM 
