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France prepares to crack down on web pirates and users alike
Published: 22 January, 2010, 10:16
Edited: 25 January, 2010, 17:19
The French government has waded into the battle on internet piracy with a second version of the country's HADOPI law that says an ordinary person can be denied internet access if found illegally downloading three times.
The French and the English are, in some ways, like simese twins joined at the head. They cannot be taken too seriously.
Copyright has never been about protecting the individual who created the work. Its sole purpose is to ensure the profits for the publishers. If they're serious about closing down "Pirate Sites", then go after the advertisers, not the users. Cut off the advertising revenue and the sites will disappear. 9 out of 10 downloads are usually discarded anyway. On those rare occasions that someone has sent me a download link, and easily delete 9/10 of such downloads. When I do find something I want to keep, I then move heaven and earth to find a legitimate "hard copy" of the product. All my MP3 files carry a code number so that I can identify exactly which disc carries the master file.
Amusing!
As they clamp down on their sub standard wears they flog and blame you.
Copyright should be for 5 years max, and NO more. That encourages greed on a grand scale as the law stands. If you havnt made your fortune in 5 years your not going too, simple!
Besides this, as they clamp down we have less and less money to spend on their outragously priced wares as the world recession bites deeper and deeper. Thank the Banks for this, they started it and are still causing the problem.
Lift the cover of the internet and only the smart ones will get through, and you want the 'Catch Me If You Can' types to protect you later instead of people who declare themselves god with popular opinions under guided protection. Prove your might. Anyway, no average joe with a decent job steals when there's a camera or talks like the devil either. Yeah, I'm sure some feel good about watching others naked, but if they knew anything about people, they would already know the answer and know that they don't want to know.