Free P2P In France?

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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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!
Re:Please ! by AgentScummy · 2005-12-25 03:41 · Score: 5, Funny

So Voice over IP (VoIP) is someone talking during a movie?
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.