Comments on: French Arts Community Revolts Against French Three Strikes Legislation

By: 2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 1 of 3

2009 – A ZeroPaid Year in Review – Part 1 of 3 — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 09:26:07 +0000

[...] The three strikes laws made headlines again with France passing their controversial three strikes law. The law garnered the support of U2s band manager. When all seemed lost, there was a surprising defeat for the French three strikes law when French MPs went on vacation, allowing the defeat of the legislation. Meanwhile in the European Union, the EU-wide three strikes law hit a major roadblock for a second time with the law simply being voted down. It seemed to be much easier, though, for Taiwan to pass the three strikes law though. Towards the end of the month, France saw the three strikes law make it back to parliament with an embarrassed president vowing that the legislation would pass this time. Meanwhile in the UK, Britishhhhh prime minister signalled that a three strikes law was still not going to happen. Opposition towards the three strikes law continued to mount in France as the French arts community revolted against the three strikes law. [...]

By: Copyright Maximalist Criticises the Idea of ‘Endless Consultations’

[...] “addressed”. Does the French revolts against three strikes count as “addressed”? What about how big file-sharing is in the United States even [...]

By: Man’s Opposition to French Three Strikes Law Costs Him His Job

Man’s Opposition to French Three Strikes Law Costs Him His Job — Mon, 11 May 2009 09:07:24 +0000

[...] law is being blocked by the European Parliament. Meanwhile, in France, the Three Strikes law sparked protests in the French arts community. Even the government is currently having difficulty passing the law as it was already defeated in [...]

By: soulxtc

soulxtc — Fri, 01 May 2009 03:32:28 +0000

its about time artists reallized that copyright laws in many ways harm them too, benefitng mainly international entertainment conglomerates who usually own the content rights and are thus the most ardent proponents of draconian copyright laws in order to protect their “property.”

By: ConfusedMime

ConfusedMime — Fri, 01 May 2009 01:20:29 +0000

Laws like this are arnt made to help they are made to control people. damn well better start revolting,seems to me that its just the begging of this madness.