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France Moving Forward on Legalized P2P
Romerican writes "Over a month ago, Slashdotters joked about France's efforts to legalize P2P. Originally dismissed as a trivial coup by a small group, the French government continues to entertain the topic. News.com is reporting the French Minister of Culture will advocate P2P as a flat-fee service." From the article: "The draft law, which originally aimed to tackle online piracy, is backed by consumer groups in France but heavily opposed by such companies as Vivendi Universal, which owns Universal Music, the world's biggest record company, and a stake in film and TV company NBC Universal. French cinema and music trading associations together with rock stars such as Johnny Hallyday have spoken out against the law, arguing it would kill their work. "
I know it's petty, and I know it's grammatically anal, but when you can't spell the name of a country you're occupying, your point is watered-down somewhat. :(
I would welcome our new French peer to peer overlords, but seeing as how they're French they probably won't be on top long enough to greet.
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Reasons given by France were:
1) no links to Al-Quaeda or 9/11
2) it will cause havoc in the middle east and the rest of the world
3) WMDs aren't present like they used to
You missed a few reasons:
1) France had a huge amount of business (oil, weapons, warplanes) with Iraq.
2) France has almost no domestic energy, and is very vulnerble to oil threats from the Arab world.
3) Saddam owed France a great deal of money.
4) Chirac was a good friend of Saddam.
lucky you. Tough shit for the artists eh? I guess none of them have rent to pay right? And you only copy music from rich musicians, where you have checked their finances and ensured they can afford to be ripped off I'm sure.
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