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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."
We do have precedent. It's called "jurisprudence", and although a judge is not legally bound to apply the same judgment twice for two similar cases, it is was is done in the courts.
And when the judge deviates (because the precedent is obsolete for example), he better have good reasonning wrapped around its verdict, because higher courts will break the judgment if not.
The French did not Surrender , the French government did . .the D-Day landings would likely have been a lot harder had it not been for the French Resistance .
France had some of the best organised Resistance movements in the War
French Aristocracy and rulers have a habit of Bending over , The French People have a habit of Kicking them up the arse when they do .
The only things certain in war are Propaganda and Death. You can never be sure which is which though