And here I thought we staties were the ones on the cutting edge of cruel and unusual copyright penalties!
Seems that the French Parliament bowed to corporate interest and enshrined their 180 degree turn from their anti-discriminatory copyright stance I talked about a bit earlier.
The long and short of it is that the lawmakers in France pulled a fast one to screw the public. Now that sounds strangely familiar. Looks like the EU is playing catch-up!
NewsForge | “Worst copyright law in Europe” passed in France
Quote FTA: “The French Parliament has passed what the anti-Digital Rights Management (DRM) group EUCD.INFO calls “the worst copyright law in Europe.”

