Re: Surprise - French lawmakers reject Internet piracy bill

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Laurent GUERBY <laurent () guerby net>
Date: April 9, 2009 4:14:18 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Cc: ip <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Surprise - French lawmakers reject Internet piracy  
bill

On Thu, 2009-04-09 at 14:16 -0400, David Farber wrote:
> French lawmakers reject Internet piracy bill
> In surprise move, French lawmakers reject bill punishing illegal
> downloading
>
>    * Scott Sayare, Associated Press Writer
>    * Thursday April 9, 2009, 9:23 am EDT
>
> http://finance.yahoo.com/news/French-lawmakers-reject- 
> apf-14890742.html
> [...]
> Music labels, film distributors and artists -- who have seen CD and
> DVD sales in France plummet 60 percent in the past six years -- hailed
> the bill as a decisive step toward eliminating online piracy and an
> example to other governments.

This is government propaganda, Catherine Deneuve and Victoria Abril
together with other artists signed a petition against this law:

http://www.pcinpact.com/actu/news/50209-liberation-deneuvre-april-hadopi-critiques.htm

2008 had the highest number of cinema ticket ever sold in a year in
France:

http://www.unifrance.org/actualites/5278/2008-annee-record-pour-le-cinema-francais-a-l-international

Global music sales including concerts are growing 4% a year and video
games sales were up 28% in 2008:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loi_Hadopi

Sincerely,

Laurent
http://guerby.org/blog







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