Mar 13 2006

French Gov’t Gains Support in P2P Fight

  • Written by Jorge
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The French government has become more aggressive in moving to block attempts by its legislature to legalize peer-to-peer downloads, with the country’s Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy having harsh words for file sharers after a meeting with popular French artists.

The original bill aimed to punish those who break laws by copying CDs and DVDs and then uploading the content to the Internet. However, legislative debate quickly turned contentious when several members of the body added amendments that would essentially make P2P networks legal, as long as a small fee is paid as a tax.

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  1. tsafa1

    The recording industry must have stuffed his pockets good.

  2. davetheman

    Kudos to the French legislator for trying to legalize P2P I hope they win this battle.

  3. teh_n00ber

    Yeah Sarkozy is an asshole (living in france I can tell you that it’s not just P2P he’s against). Lets hope the MPs win their battle and prove that sharing is not all bad!!

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