French Parliament Legalizes P2P
The French parliament passed 2 amendments yesterday that legalize file exchanges on the internet via P2P (peer to peer) networks.
So from now on downloaded copies of songs or movies are legal in France as long as they are for non commercial use.
That basically means that everyone can download whatever they want from the net for free and that it would still be legal.
Anyway, according to Bader, even if the law passed at the parliament, it still has to go through the senate, then the President to be signed into effect.
[Source: Yahoo News (FR)]
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4 Responses to “French Parliament Legalizes P2P”
Bader on Dec 22, 2005 | Reply
Wrong, even if the law passed at the Assembl
MMM on Dec 23, 2005 | Reply
Thanks for the information Bader.
I’ll update the post with your information.
ZlatkoT on Dec 23, 2005 | Reply
Finally some common sense.
laurent on Dec 25, 2005 | Reply
I think Bader gave you a wrong informatiopn because this law has been fast-tracked by government in an emergency process. One sole vote on the text is therefore required to pass the law.
But all articles have not been voted by parliament yet and the government doesn’t want to lose its authority on that issue. The French Minister in charge of Communication is quite explicit on the subject. More on my blog :
http://www.lastingnews.com/?cat=9