Wednesday, December 21, 2005

French to introduce copyright directive

After lots of posturing and legal action by the EU commission against member states who had not yet implemented the 2001 copyright directive, the French parliament are using an emergency procedure to fast-track their version of the law through.

Apparently it will still allow private copying and be targeted at those who benefit financially from piracy. Assertions along those lines from responsible ministers don't necessarily hold any weight unless we can see the actual details of the bill of course.

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