Thought these articles might be of interest to IP colleagues, and iPod
owners alike:
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From: "Olga Francois" <[email protected]>
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The French copyright revolution - Apple faces the chop?
By Jonathan Arber, Ovum's EuroView Daily,
http://www.ovum.com/news/euronews.asp?id=4066
"The media reports that the French government has announced plans for a
bill, known as the Author's Rights Law, that would radically change both
copyright law, and the penalties for breaking it."
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French plan would open iTunes to other devices
By Astrid Wendlandt, Reuters.com, Mar 13, 2006
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?storyID=2006-03-13T184438
Z_01_L10436201_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-FRANCE-COPYRIGHTS.xml
"PARIS- France is pushing through a law that would force Apple Computer
Inc to open its iTunes online music store and enable consumers to
download songs onto devices other than the computer maker's popular iPod
player."
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Debate on French copyright bill moves into final stages: Battles over
DRM, fair use go down to the wire
By Peter Sayer, ComputerWorld.com, MARCH 14, 2006
http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,10955
2,00.html
"The French government is continuing to push ahead with a new copyright
bill that would limit what is considered "fair use" of copyright digital
works, despite widespread opposition from consumer rights groups,
musicians' trade unions and associations of Internet users, librarians
and archivists."
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