Is France Trying to Legalize File Sharing?

By Michael Santo
Contributing Writer, RealTechNews

In a very narrow vote (30 – 28), French Parliament members voted 30 to 28 late Wednesday night to accept an amendment proposing permitting free downloads of copyright content from the Internet for private use.

Attached to a broader copyright law proposal, the amendment–roughly translated–reads: “Authors cannot forbid the reproductions of works […]

Originally posted by Michael Santo from Alice Hill’s Real Tech News – Independent Tech

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