France’s parliamentary lower house has approved a law that would make the downloading of unlicensed music and movies from peer-to-peer (P2P) services legal with a monthly royalty fee of about US$8 per user. While the law is far from final, it evoked sharp criticism from the French music and film industry, which complained the unlimited downloading of unlicensed works would be devastating to their business.
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French Consider Legalized P2P
Posted by: Jay Lyman December 23, 2005 10:13 AMFrance’s parliamentary lower house has approved a law that would make the downloading of unlicensed music and movies from peer-to-peer (P2P) services legal with a monthly royalty fee of about US$8 per user. While the law is far from final, it evoked sharp criticism from the French music and film industry, which complained the unlimited downloading of unlicensed works would be devastating to their business.