12 May 2009
Hadopi, french three strikes law adopted
As ridiculous as it sounds, and after the European Parliament clearly stated by the re-adoption of the amendment 138/46 that access to Internet was a fundamental right, the French National Assembly accepted the Hadopi bill.
The bill will directly reach the French Senate tomorrow, and will be probably voted the same way, without any surprise, since the French President N. Sarkozy made a point he wouldn’t allow another blow to his bill like the one he had in early april.
Guy Bono, in reaction to the vote, declared he will call the European Commission to challenge the French Government upon censoring the Hadopi, for being against the community rights.
As ridiculous as it sounds, and after the European Parliament clearly stated by the re-adoption of the amendment 138/46 that access to Internet was a fundamental right, the French National Assembly accepted the Hadopi bill.
The bill will directly reach the French Senate tomorrow, and will be probably voted the same way, without any surprise, since the French President N. Sarkozy made a point he wouldn’t allow another blow to his bill like the one he had in early april.
Guy Bono, in reaction to the vote, declared he will call the European Commission to challenge the French Government upon censoring the Hadopi, for being against the community rights.
Hadopi being supposed to protect the intellectual rights of “artists” during the digital revolution, I’ll leave the final words to someone I recognize as one, M.J. Keenan, the lead singer of Tool, who tweeted this, this afternoon, probably not about the Hadopi but oddly fitting in this context:
Someone posted a satellite foto of the Music Industry from space. it sorta looks like… hmmmm… http://www.lemonparty.org/
— mjkeenan
