Will France's Three Strikes Law Also Allow Gov't Email Surveillance?
from the that-doesn't-seem-good dept
With the effort underway to have Sarkozy's new "three strikes" law approved in France, much of the focus has been on the slightly ridiculous five minute rule it gives to judges reviewing charges of copyright infringement online. An anonymous reader points us to a much more worrisome issue: that the law appears to sneak in provisions that allow for email surveillance by the government. The Senator pushing the law seems to see no problem at all with this, suggesting that it's fine to read through the emails of anyone "stealing intellectual property." Privacy rights apparently mean little to some in France.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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WTF?
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Ya kinda hit the nail on the head there, bro.
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Similar. That's a requirement of the Berne Convention, of which France is a signatory. (as of September 2008 there were 164 countries that were parties to the Berne Convention)
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Who says that won't be next?
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Somewhere I see George Bush and Dick Cheney asking each other, "why the hell didn't WE think of that?"
Sadly, the only surprise here is that this is occurring in France (America's newest butt buddy) instead of England (America's oldest butt buddy). Normally the UK is the proving ground for ridiculous new laws these Bilderburg types want to push through in America. If they succeed in the UK, they slowly get pushed into law over here. If the public backlash is too great, you get a show by some politicians talking about the socialism of Europe and we'll never do that and blah blah blah.
I guess it's France's turn, which is actually kind of fitting giving the presence of these secret society types and their history in the Languedoc region (Templars, Rosicurians, Hitler's/Himmler's/Bormann's expeditions, the rumored burial ground of the Magdalene, etc. is al in that one area).
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If the government ever opened up about how much they watch us, there would be tremendous backlash.
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If the government ever opened up about how much they watch us, there would be tremendous backlash."
Sir, BELIEVE me, I know that. The "why didn't WE think of that" was supposed to apply to using intellectual property and copyright infringement as the completely bullshit scapegoat, as opposed to domestic terrorism.
And that all-inclusive snoop system you're talking about is called the Echelon Network, and it's real and information on it has been partially declassified. The only point of contention is that the government, namely the operating agency in charge of the surveillance (the NSA), has said repeatedly that they have only used the Echelon Network against the Soviets and now Iran/N. Korea and never domestically, and some of us cry bullshit.
When the NSA says "trust us", my eyebrows immediately go up. This is the same group that refused to admit that they existed for the 1st 30 years after its creation, back when it was humourously dubbed the No Such Agency. Which is fine, they're an intelligence agency, they're supposed to have and be secret. But they also don't get to expect my trust.
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Maybe I'll have to get that Make Mike Masnick Work For You Package, except that I still don't see any CwDH...
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Secret orders need to go away please thank you :)
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Not Surprising
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Three strikes etc.
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We take great pride in the way we have carefully nurtured and developed the most privacy invasive state in the western world and have gone to great length to ensure we are ahead of everyone else, our databases and careful dismantling of data protection laws are the envy of every up and coming stasi the world over
Honestly, we tried to go for the "most abuse of human rights" title but were blown clear out of the water by the Americans - and now this??
I guess its time to activate Jacqui's plan B in her absence and start putting all private phone calls on youtube, that'll show the frogs
Bwahh, haarr, humrumph - Agincourt don'tcha know
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Feel better?
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Is the cup shiny?
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Is the cup shiny?"
What difference would it make if it was? There's no sun in England anyway...
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PS we also have super uber scary l33t hackers that cost the pentagon billions just by looking at them funny - be nice or we'll get Gary to look for fairies on the NYSE systems
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