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Intellectual Property In France

ou may think that France has recently gone insane, but depending on which news sites you read, it could be for different reasons. Two stories are making waves right now, and neither one is particularly clear. First, we have claims that the French are turning draconian by trying to slap DRM on anything and everything. At the same time we have reports that France has gone libertine, and now approves of all manner of piracy. How can both be true?
Liberté, Egalité, Peetupée?

The French Assemblée Nationale has, in fact, voted to make "P2P usage" legal in the country (for all intents and purposes, P2P usage has become shorthand for "unrestricted sharing of music and video content over public networks"). The approved amendment to the controversial DADVSI states that "authors cannot forbid the reproduction of works that are made on any format from an online communications service when they are intended to be used privately." Additionally, Internet Service Providers would be......


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