Be Warned...

[Peter Korsten]

Romain / rXg schreef:

> What do you think of french policy about downloading music , movies etc ?
> I'm curious to know what you think about it ?

I don't live in France. :)

But really, internet creates a legal problem in the sense that data 
crosses borders between countries instantly, and what may be legal in 
one country, may be illegal in another. Or it may be illegal anyway, but 
not enforced in one of the countries (like Russia).

So you're left with the legal process in your own country, and the 
French government can pretty well decide how it wants to tackle the 
problem of illegal downloading.

Now you could argue that record companies are a bunch of cruel, 
heartless, money-hungry bastards, and you'd probably be right, but that 
is a moral argument and not a legal one. Moral arguments don't stand up 
very well in court.

There is a need for more international agreement on how to handle this.

- Peter