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Legal Victory for P2P in France

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the all-their-slimey-lawyers-on-loan-to-riaa dept.

nietsch writes "The Register is reporting that a french Kazaa user that had been sued by the SCPP (the french equivalent of the RIAA) has been acquitted by the courts in his county. 'The Judges decided that these acts of downloading and uploading qualified as private copying' Ars Technica has more coverage on the subject, or you can read it in english from the organization that lead the defense."

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  1. who knew? by ajdowntown · · Score: 4, Funny

    Who knew france would be the country to stick up for digital copy rights?

    1. Re:who knew? by Haeleth · · Score: 1, Funny

      Who knew france would be the country to stick up for digital copy rights?

      We're talking about FRANCE here. Of course they chose to surrender to the pirates instead of fighting the good fight with Uncle Sam and the {RI,MP}AA.

    2. Re:who knew? by HawkingMattress · · Score: 2, Funny
      If WWII hadn't happened we'd simply joke on them about not wearing deodorant or the way they talk.

      Dude we do wear deodorant, and lots of it. It's the single micacle that allows us to wash only once year, for valentine's day !

  2. Everyone's doing it by camcorder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone should have checked judges personal computers to understand merits of this verdict.

    1. Re:Everyone's doing it by hunterx11 · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yes, but it's not as bad as the fallacy jocum super caput.

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      English is easier said than done.
    2. Re:Everyone's doing it by ThousandStars · · Score: 3, Funny
      Your statement is a classic case of logical fallacy called ad hominem tu quoque.(sic)

      Your statement is a classic example of the logical fallacy no humorus tu assholio de Slashdot. In this fallacy, someone fails to get a joke and thus responds to an absurd or amusing post in a serious way. Moderators, such as the one who gave you +1 Insightful, also sometimes suffer from this malady.

  3. Transcript of court proceedings by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 5, Funny

    SCPP:
            Go and tell your master that we have been charged by God with a sacred quest. If he will give us money for the MP3s, he can join us in our quest for the Holy Racketeering Scheme.
    FRENCH JUDGE:
            Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he'll be very keen. Uh, MP3s are free you see...
    SCPP:
            What?
    RIAA:
            He says MP3s are free!
    SCPP:
            Are you sure they're free?
    FRENCH JUDGE:
            Oh, yes. They're very nice-a. (I told him MP3s are free.)
    POLICEMEN:
            [chuckling]
    SCPP:
            Well, u-- um, can we come up and have a look at your MP3 collection?
    FRENCH JUDGE:
            Of course not! You are English types-a!
    SCPP:
            Well, what are you, then?
    FRENCH JUDGE:
            I'm French! Why do think I have this outrageous accent?!
    RIAA:
            What are you doing in England?
    FRENCH JUDGE:
            Mind your own business!

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
    1. Re:Transcript of court proceedings by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 2, Funny

      This hilarious courtroom scene was punctuated by the RIAA and Co. fleeing from the courthouse as the baliff's launched (e)Donkeys from court catapults.

      Also, John Cleese was wearing iPod earphones throughout the whole sketch.

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      May the Maths Be with you!
  4. As they say in french by varkman · · Score: 4, Funny

    pwnez

  5. Re:Early Days by Shadowlore · · Score: 2, Funny

    I guess I just don't see how the RIAA isn't a wholy owned subsidiary of the Mafia.

    That's because you have it backward.

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    My Suburban burns less gasoline than your Prius.