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France to Legalize File Sharing

Posted by Zonk on from the viva-la-france? dept.

quenting writes "In the debate around the anti-piracy bill, the French Parliament voted yesterday into law an amendment to the DADVSI bill that allows free sharing of music and movies over the internet, considering the downloaded files as a private copy. This decision goes against the French government and the music industry's recommendations, who argue the deputies only wanted to show their independence from the government. The initial bill's detractors who pushed for this amendment want a tax for author rights to be paid by everyone on the ISP fees." The French government has vowed to fight this decision (babelfish link).

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  1. New War by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I wonder if G.W.Bush will declare war on france? and who will the brits team-up with? will we see history a repeating?
    please place your bets now..

  2. Re:France are weird by honeypotslash · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I lean towards punch them. How long will this last before they raise the white flag again?
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