Free P2P In France?

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Posted by ScuttleMonkey on Sunday December 25, 2005 @02:58AM from the viva-la-parliament dept.

cyberbian writes to tell us that earlier in the week the French Parliament voted to allow free sharing of music and movies on the Internet. This ruling puts them in direct conflict with both the Media companies and the rest of the French government. From the article: " If the amendment survives, France would be the first country to legalize so called peer-to-peer downloading, said Jean-Baptiste Soufron, legal counsel to the Association of Audionautes, a French group that defends people accused of improperly sharing music files. The law would be a blow to media companies that increasingly use the courts worldwide to sue people for downloading or sharing music and movie files. Entertainment companies such as Walt Disney Co., Viacom Inc. and News Corp.'s Fox say free downloading of unauthorized copies of TV shows and movies before they are released on DVD will cost them $5 billion in revenue this year."

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Viva la resistance! by thealsir · 2005-12-25 03:02 · Score: 3, Funny

...er, I mean, curse those French Fries!

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1. Re:Viva la resistance! by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · 2005-12-25 04:16 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  Obligatory Python reference:
  ARTHUR: Go and tell your master that we have been charged by God with a sacred quest. If he will give us money, he can have join a very nice movie on DVD GUARD: Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he'll be very keen... Uh, he's already downloaded it, you see? ARTHUR: What? GALAHAD: He says they've already downloaded it! ARTHUR: Are you sure he's downloaded it? GUARD: Oh, yes, it's very nice-a (I told him we already downloaded it) ARTHUR: Well, um, can we come up and have a look? GUARD: Of course not! You are English types-a! ARTHUR: Well, what are you then? GUARD: I'm French! Why do think I have this outrageous accent, you silly king! GALAHAD: What are you doing in England? GUARD: Mind your own business! ARTHUR: If you will not show us the illegal download, we shall take your castle by force! GUARD: You don't frighten us, English pig-dogs! Go and boil your bottoms, sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called Arthur-King, you and your silly English K...niggets. Thppppt! GALAHAD: What a strange person.
  
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Re:Actual Cost? by Spy+Handler · 2005-12-25 03:06 · Score: 4, Funny

Same place BSA pulls its figure from. Out of its ass.
Why this is WRONG by kentrel · 2005-12-25 03:06 · Score: 5, Funny

People will freely distribute Celine Dion songs without any fear of retribution.
1. Re:Why this is WRONG by Guppy06 · 2005-12-25 03:41 · Score: 4, Funny
  Distributing Celine Dion is a violation of the Geneva Conventions.
  
  Blame where blame is due: Celine Dion is CANADIAN!
2. Re:Why this is WRONG by Mathness · 2005-12-25 07:01 · Score: 2, Funny
  
  *starts to sing the hit classic show tune from South Park: Blame Canada*
  
  Sheila: Times have changed
  Our kids are getting worse
  They won't obey their parents
  They just want to fart and curse!
  Sharon: Should we blame the government?
  Liane: Or blame society?
  Dads: Or should we blame the images on TV?
  Sheila: No, blame Canada
  Everyone: Blame Canada
  Sheila: With all their beady little eyes
  And flappin' heads so full of lies
  Everyone: Blame Canada
  Blame Canada
  Sheila: We need to form a full assault
  Everyone: It's Canada's fault!
  Sharon: Don't blame me
  For my son Stan
  He saw the darn cartoon
  And now he's off to join the Klan!
  Liane: And my boy Eric once
  Had my picture on his shelf
  But now when I see him he tells me to fuck myself!
  Sheila: Well, blame Canada
  Everyone: Blame Canada
  Sheila: It seems that everything's gone wrong
  Since Canada came along
  Everyone: Blame Canada
  Blame Canada
  Copy Guy: They're not even a real country anyway
  Ms. McCormick: My son could've been a doctor or a lawyer rich and true,
  Instead he burned up like a piggy on the barbecue
  Everyone: Should we blame the matches?
  Should we blame the fire?
  Or the doctors who allowed him to expire?
  Sheila: Heck no!
  Everyone: Blame Canada
  Blame Canada
  Sheila: With all their hockey hullabaloo
  Liane: And that bitch Anne Murray too
  Everyone: Blame Canada
  Shame on Canada
  For...
  The smut we must stop
  The trash we must bash
  The Laughter and fun
  Must all be undone
  We must blame them and cause a fuss
  Before somebody thinks of blaming uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuus
  
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Duplicate article-Deja Vu responses. by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-25 03:36 · Score: 2, Funny

That's OK. Our responses will be a quadtriplicate from the last few times we've discussed P2P and copyright.
Re:Please ! by AgentScummy · 2005-12-25 03:41 · Score: 5, Funny

So Voice over IP (VoIP) is someone talking during a movie?
Jeez... by Deadstick · 2005-12-25 04:49 · Score: 2, Funny

...first cellphone jammers and now P2P. Maybe they didn't name 'em Freedom Fries for nothing.

rj
VIVE LA FRANCE! by Anonymous Coward · 2005-12-25 06:30 · Score: 1, Funny

35-hour workweeks, legalizing P2P, man, what will they do next?

All this shows is that Bush hates them for a reason ;)

Beaucoup merci, belle patrie!

Allons enfants de la Patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé !
Contre nous de la tyrannie,
L'étendard sanglant est levé, (bis)
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats ?
Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras
Egorger vos fils et vos compagnes !
Aux armes, citoyens,
Formez vos bataillons,
Marchons, marchons !
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons !
Unlicensed copying by Cal+Paterson · 2005-12-25 08:07 · Score: 3, Funny

Thank god in America already allows free copying of previous slashdot articles.