Is Nicholas Sarkozy One Strike Towards Losing His Internet Connection?
from the it's-always-those-politicians... dept
Why is it always the politicians who are pushing for stronger copyright laws that are caught infringing on the copyrights of others? The latest is that French President, Nicholas Sarkozy, a big supporter of setting up a three strikes law in France, is being accused of violating copyright law himself. Apparently, he used the music of an American band, MGMT, at an event and in two online videos. In the US, use at an event would be okay assuming that the venue had paid a standard performance license -- but use in the video would most likely be infringement. I'm not quite sure how France's current copyright laws match up, but it certainly does seem pretty questionable for a politician going on about the harm done by people sharing music without paying for it to be doing the same. So, the obvious question arises: does this mean Sarkozy is now only two strikes away from losing his internet connection? If he believe so strongly in such things, this shouldn't be a problem, right?Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Filed Under: copyright, france, mgmt, nicholas sarkozy, three strikes
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Vato, if the music was stolen, then only the one first person could have taken it--the others would be shit out of luck!
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Your argument falls flat from minute one, sorry
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This is the ONE GUY who's CAUSING the PROBLEM.
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Excuse me, but how in hell can you steal an infinite item?
As far as the video goes, it's absolutely stupid to be charged a fee for its use. I can understand if they sell the video with the music in it.
Copyright blows. Just outlaw copyright altogether and the world will be a much, much better place.
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Not sure, but you can do it indefinitely.
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Wrong in every sense of the word. Open Source contributors, CC licensed work, AND work in the PUBLIC DOMAIN are covered under copyright and not one user, downloader or sharer is illegal. Try again.
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Of course Sarkozy doesn't understand the implications of the laws he is proposing. If he did, he wouldn't be proposing them. I'm sure he thinks only hardened bad guys are going to be affected by this; I bet he thinks it is impossible for average joes like himself to be accused of copyright infringement.
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No no no
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Just gives me goose bumps thinking about how quick the RIAA would get 3 strikes and off the internet with thier own damn BS!
Boycott all these arseholes and ALL that support them...
RIAA
MPAA
SONY
BONO
PRINCE
METALLICA
the list goes on....
NOT 1 CENT!
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Shouldn't that be two strikes?
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"he" doesn't need said license, the venue does, as mike already pointed out.
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You are correct, sort of. Mike said, IN THE U.S. that is the case, but I think the three of us do not know how that plays out in France. I was simply making a point in jest. Didn't mean to be misleading.
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Copyright violation
McCain is under fire for the same thing in the United States. Let's hope he gets a sharp lesson on copyright law from some court.
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Nicholas Sarkozy...
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Sarcasm
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