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‘3 Strikes’ Sarkozy blows $396,841 on a shower!
p2pnet news view P2P | Politics:- French president Nicolas Sarkozy, who’s spearheading the French version of the corporate entertainment industry Three Strikes attack on consumers, spent £250,000 (about $396,841) of French EU budget on shower he didn’t use, says the Guardian . The major corporate movie and music studios say file sharing was, and is, ruining their businesses, centred on lawsuits targeting their own customers, said p2pnet recently, noting: “The wise auld greybeards who control the cartels came up with a scenario they figured couldn’t fail: use governments as copyright enforcement agencies, with local taxpayers footing the bill, and internet service providers working as copyright cops to identify file sharers and turn them over to the labels, primarily, and studios for firm action. “It’s called the Three Strikes plan and under it, alleged copyright infringers — file sharers — get two warnings and if they don’t do what they’re told — buy corporate ‘product,’ and only corporate ‘product’ — they get thrown off the net.” France and Britain are now neck-and-neck in determined efforts to act swiftly on cartel demands, to the serious detriment of voters.
Continue reading »French Presidency Accused of Bootlegging DVD
Makes 400 unauthorized copies of the documentary A visage découvert : Nicolas Sarkozy , but CEO of Galaxie Press, which produced the film, insists it’s not piracy since the “DVD is not for sale.” In an amazing twist of irony, France’s presidential audio services, the Service audiovisual de la présidence de la République, has been exposed making some 400 unauthorized copies of the documentary A visage découvert : Nicolas Sarkozy . It is Sarkozy who is the driving force behind the country’s controversial “Creation and Internet” law, first proposed back in June of last year, and initially ruled unconstitutional by the country’s Constitutional Council before being revised and
Continue reading »French Three Strikes farce returns
p2pnet news view | P2P | Politics:- If you’re French and you believe because you put Nicolas Sarkozy into power, he’s there to serve your interests, better think again. The corporate entertainment kartells are in charge — and they’ve just made a mockery of the famous French motto Liberté, Equalité, Fraternité. “France’s project to fight illicit internet downloads, Hadopi 2 is back in the Senate,” says RapidTVNews .
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