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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."

3 of 237 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Everyone's doing it by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 1, Offtopic

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

    Your statement is a classic case of logical fallacy called ad hominem tu quoque. Please read up about it here.

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  2. Re:I'm sorry by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I know its bad but it had to be told.

    Yes and no.

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    "A door is what a dog is perpetually on the wrong side of" - Ogden Nash
  3. Re:I'm sorry by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    **** Warning : Not Funny ****

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