Legal Victory for P2P in France

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."

Comments

who knew?

[ajdowntown]

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

Everyone's doing it

[camcorder]

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

Transcript of court proceedings

[Rosco P. Coltrane]

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!

As they say in french

[varkman]

pwnez