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French Record Labels Go After Limewire, SourceForge

Posted by kdawson on from the lawyers-on-airplanes dept.

An anonymous reader notes that TorrentFreak is reporting: "French record labels have received the green light to sue four US-based companies that develop P2P applications, including the BitTorrent client Vuze, Limewire, and Morpheus. Shareaza is the fourth application, for which the labels are going after the open source development platform SourceForge. ... Putting aside the discussion on the responsibilities of application developers for their users activities, the decision to go after SourceForge for hosting a application that can potentially infringe, is stretching credibility beyond all bounds." SourceForge is Slashdot's corporate parent.

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  1. Juristiction? by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 5, Funny

    SPFF had already sued the various companies and organizations last year, but until now it has been unclear whether the US based companies behind the applications could be prosecuted under French law. A French court has now ruled that this is indeed possible, which means that they can proceed to court.

    How are non-french companies not operating in France (so far as I know) subject to French law?
    Someone should let them know that only America can get away with that.

  2. Cool! by zmollusc · · Score: 5, Funny

    I hope they go after those evil, piracy-enabling, hard disk manufacturers next.

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    1. Re:Cool! by Arimus · · Score: 4, Funny

      No, they need to go after the evil people who produce the silcon used in chips, no wait - add the mining companies who mine the metals used, the oil companies for the oils used to make plastics, for producing the stuff in the first place for us to find it and (ab)use it.

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    2. Re:Cool! by MrNaz · · Score: 5, Funny

      You're not seeing the real force behind the evilness here. They need to sue monkeys for evolving into humans who would then go on to commit copyright infringement. Damn those tree-dwelling purveyors of immorality!

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    3. Re:Cool! by Gorgonzolanoid · · Score: 2, Funny

      Absolutely! Who needs a terabyte of storage at home, if not for illegal purposes?
      640K should be enough for anyone, even Gates already knew that in '81.

  3. Why stop with SourceForge by isBandGeek() · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should sue Google for not censoring results to sites that host P2P applications.

    Then they should target ISPs for not blocking access to Google and all the other "infringing" sites.

    And while they're at it, sue Slashdot for talking about this.

    1. Re:Why stop with SourceForge by Walpurgiss · · Score: 2, Funny

      Of course! Printers already are programmed to not print US legal tender, and to include identifiable codes in all things printed for tracebacks, why can't keyboards and mice be made to refuse input of anything covered by copyright?

  4. Re:And Blame Microsoft in... by retech · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ok, but just out of boredom. I can easily see Balmer shouting: "développeurs, développeurs, développeurs!"

  5. Re:Good luck .. by Hansu · · Score: 4, Funny

    If US won't do as we tell you, we mobilize our mighty war machines and invade your puny little country. Just like we did with.. ehm... just like... umm...

    Ahem, never mind.

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  6. Re:Pricks by KDR_11k · · Score: 4, Funny

    Meh, just specify that all copyrighted works must be flagged with the Evil Bit.

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  7. Re:Overlord? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's a conspiracy involving CmdrTaco, CowboyNeal, SourceForge, the French government and the Illuminati. I'd tell you more, but I've probably said too much already.

    Posted AC for the obvious reasons.

  8. Re:Overlord? by Bill,+Shooter+of+Bul · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yes. Yes of course... It, it all makes sense now! The single user that has posted the most comments on slashdot: Anonymous Coward!. He's involved in this. No, wait, he is this! This whole "conspiracy" is just one of his mind games to increase ad revenue and developer mind share. No one is really suing Sourceforge, except Sourceforge itself!. Also the french nation is a proxy for Sourceforge. Their crazy laws are just more of his humor. Like troll here on slashdot, but funnier because it actually effects people's lives.

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  9. Slashdot is going DOWN !! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny
    and not the good going down !!

    Reap what you sow !!

    It's in the bible (GALATIANS 6: 7-9) and it has so been foretold !! You are doomed as are all who read these pages !! Repent !! Repent !!

    or you'll all be going down - TO HELL !!

  10. "Backdoor" by Mathinker · · Score: 2, Funny

    > It is rarely good when it is used to shove an unpopular law through your country's backdoor.

    "Backdoor"? Is that what they're calling it now on Slashdot???

  11. Re:Overlord? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The single user that has posted the most comments on slashdot: Anonymous Coward!. He's involved in this. No, wait, he is this!

    Oh, shit. They're on to me!