Comments on: France may sanction unfettered P2P downloads

Parliament gave initial approval to the concept, but roadblocks remain, and the entertainment industry is on edge.

[bobby_brady]

Nice Christmas present from France

Let's hope the higher Parlaiment accepts it.

[markdoiron]

I Just Have to Wonder ...

i just have to wonder if this isn't the French tweaking their noses at the American "culture" they so vociferously complain about. if it is, i think it's brilliant!

mark d.

[joers]

France may sanction unfettered P2P downloads

I love the French and their unfettered approach to stupidous copy-right laws. DRM benefits the big guys and their greed only, mostly leaving the interest of the consumers AND the artists by the way-side.

Vive La France!

Obviously forward thinking is not totally out of style in France ....

Intellectual copyright is a creation of the human disposition to greed and the acquisitiveness of capitalist monopolies .... Since "There is no new thing under the sun" and since all is built on the aggregate accumulation form others why should any entity claim "divine" copyright --- It is only a human extension of the absurdness of a species trying to avoid sharing the toys ....

[Protoform-X]

Good point, but...

I'm all for public access to art and music and I do believe that the current music industry is flawed, however I believe that it should not be done away with. The problem is that there is inadequate funding to support musicians in what they do, and so the industry exists (or SHOULD exist) for the purpose of enabling musicians to continue their work without financial pressure.

I am fully aware that the current industry really doesn't even pay the musicians that well, and that is what needs to be changed, but if there were no compensation for musicians (or any other type of srtist), then think of how many fewer musicians would exist.

Again, I am all for free access to music, but there does need to be a support system for the artists.

[unknown unknown]

I hope it gets accepted...

just out of pure spite for the record and movie companies. They need a few good kicks in the head after all the anti-consumer BS they've been involved in.

[ejevo]

Not a big deal

They know exactly who is going to take it on the chin with this move - American entertainment industry players. It's their way of sticking it to the US.

[TogetherinParis]

French Utopia: oxymoron

Attack musicians in this demeaning way and all the brightest
stars will shine beneath a sea of muddy mediocrity. Since when
have the goofball French done anything right? This French law
debases public and private morals by facilitating millions of
petty thefts! How? It needlessly socializes a good market.
Excuse me, it is a good market for NON-French bands. The
Gaelic ghastlies produce inferior music these days, so to
discourage any competition which might actually promote some
really good French music (I know, it is an odd notion) out of
their burning ghettos, they stick musicians on the public dole,
with foreseeable consequences: more ghastly gallic gaul and
the French again do not pull their own weight. And this is held
up as an example? Does anyone in their right mind want some
silly French minister of music education choosing their music for
them?

[tetsuyo]

I dont think so

Obviously, you have your head stuck in the sand when it comes to good music cause the music coming out of France these days is some of the best in the world. If you like electronica, lounge, down tempo. The French are doing it the best. It is well known(just check out the comments on the music industry here) that American music creativity is in a slump and I wonder why?

[genium]

Free P2P In France

P2P in France: Sarkozy want to stop the revolution?

?uvre censurée sous pression de la SACEM:

http://www.citoyenlambda.net/so/pol/POL_tizenfants.mp3

http://www.eucd.info

Enjeux: http://www.framasoft.net/article1953.html - http://www.framasoft.net/article397.html

wait and see the next mounth but i think P2P will be legalized :)