Friday, January 6, 2006
The French Ponder Legalized File Sharing
Posted by Chris Gohlke in "CONTENT" @ 06:00 PM
"Apparently a French government attempt to crack down on digital piracy, including fines of up to $360,000 and up to three years in jail, has backfired big time with France's lower house voting instead to offer up ammendments that would legalize file-sharing by anyone paying a monthly royalty duty estimated at $8.50 per month."
Ok, so I pay the duty for a month, download a ton of stuff and spend the next year watching it. Doesn't quite work, does it. If you have to pay the fee for every month, then this is just a government mandated subscription service (albeit, if I lived in France and that was the price, I would go for it).
Ok, so I pay the duty for a month, download a ton of stuff and spend the next year watching it. Doesn't quite work, does it. If you have to pay the fee for every month, then this is just a government mandated subscription service (albeit, if I lived in France and that was the price, I would go for it).
