more on Download Piaf, Go To Jail or maybe not

["David Farber" <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: Download Piaf, Go To Jail or maybe not
From:    "hugh crawford" <hugh-list () thoughtballoon com>
Date:    Thu, December 22, 2005 12:47 pm
To:      dave () farber net
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Dave,
For the list, proof that politics is more fun when observed from a distance

  "Dec. 22 (Bloomberg) -- The French Parliament voted last night to
allow free sharing of music and movies on the Internet, setting up a
conflict with both the French government and with media companies."

...

" The amendment, which is attached to a bill on intellectual property
rights, 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'' and not for commercial use."

Read the article for info  taxation and bicameralism as practiced in France



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