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On 18 February 2009, Christine Albanel, French Minister of Culture, presented to the Chamber of Deputies the controversial Création et Internet draft law (so called Hadopi law) calling for the creation of a government agency to manage the graduated response (or three-strike) process.
The law which was passed by the Senate in October 2008 was discussed by the deputies in the legal commissions with amendments to be presented during the debates starting on 4 March. As previously during the long discussions having taken place for some years now, during the debates in the legal commissions, any amendment proposed in the direction of a global license, such as the "creative contribution" proposed by the socialist Patrick Bloche was rejected. The proposed mechanism would have implied a fee paid by the Internet subscribers to their ISP for legal downloading of copyrighted material. The fees collected could be used to remunerate artists for their work. "With a universal licence, the money recuperated will not uniquely go into the pockets of the producers, which is definitely the case now. Today, artists' royalty payments are significantly less, while the (media companies') royalty payments are considerably more," said Bloche.
The law which was passed by the Senate in October 2008 was discussed
by the deputies in the legal commissions with amendments to be
presented during the debates starting on 4 March. As previously during
the long discussions having taken place for some years now, during the
debates in the legal commissions, any amendment proposed in the
direction of a global license, such as the "creative contribution"
proposed by the socialist Patrick Bloche was rejected. The proposed
mechanism would have implied a fee paid by the Internet subscribers to
their ISP for legal downloading of copyrighted material. The fees
collected could be used to remunerate artists for their work. "With a
universal licence, the money recuperated will not uniquely go into the
pockets of the producers, which is definitely the case now. Today,
artists' royalty payments are significantly less, while the (media
companies') royalty payments are considerably more," said Bloche.
French Legislature Puts Finishing Touches On Ambitious File-Sharing Law
(23.02.2009)
Medina report indefinitely abandoned (22.02.2009)
Copyright dogmatism temporarily kicked out of European Parliament
(19.02.2009)
EDRi-gram: One more step for France in adopting the graduated response
(5.11.2008) Source: EDRI-gram "HADOPI law close of creating a dangerous precedent" Number 7.4, February 25, 2009 |