Comments on: US backs Jobs in France http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8303 p2pnet.net - reader powered Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:16:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8303#comment-36563 Reader's Write Sat, 25 Mar 2006 16:07:18 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8303#comment-36563 "Gutierrez says he'll study the law, passed by the French parliament's lower house this week and which must now be ratified by the Senate." Which only means that the cartel lobbies do really have good connections in the Bush admnistration, to the point that the Bush administration drops the ball on very important issues to dedicate their time to help out the lobby corporations. No wonder Katrina. The Bush administration was too busy helping corporate america. Beside, what right of intervention do Americans have in France? France is not Iraq. Rafael Venegas http://www.gvenegas.com “Gutierrez says he’ll study the law, passed by the French parliament’s lower house this week and which must now be ratified by the Senate.”

Which only means that the cartel lobbies do really have good connections in the Bush admnistration, to the point that the Bush administration drops the ball on very important issues to dedicate their time to help out the lobby corporations.

No wonder Katrina. The Bush administration was too busy helping corporate america.

Beside, what right of intervention do Americans have in France?
France is not Iraq.

Rafael Venegas
http://www.gvenegas.com

]]> By: Reader's Write http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8303#comment-36517 Reader's Write Fri, 24 Mar 2006 19:14:29 +0000 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/8303#comment-36517 I do not see how this is remotely respectful of the rights of citizens. The French law does not allow circumvention where the owner of the communications device would have their legal rights to be in control of what they own protected. All they did was pass an amendment that made their draconian implementation of the 1996 WIPO treaties just a tiny bit more consistent with established European law on software. See http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/2028 for some links to European law. The amendment allows various DRM authors who treat the owner of communications as the attacker to interoperate with each other. This is great for the DRM vendors, but still just as offensive to the property rights of the owners of these devices. It still circumvents the creative rights of most software authors, including those who author Free/Libre and Open Source Software, who will still not be able to author software that is compatible with any of the DRM systems. People shouldn't be surprised by Apples disrespect of the rights of their customers, and their attempt to use any means possible (some of which either are or should be illegal) to push their product. The major difference between Apple and Microsoft is not their morality or belief systems, but their achieved level of success. I do not see how this is remotely respectful of the rights of citizens. The French law does not allow circumvention where the owner of the communications device would have their legal rights to be in control of what they own protected. All they did was pass an amendment that made their draconian implementation of the 1996 WIPO treaties just a tiny bit more consistent with established European law on software.

See http://www.digital-copyright.ca/node/2028 for some links to European law.

The amendment allows various DRM authors who treat the owner of communications as the attacker to interoperate with each other. This is great for the DRM vendors, but still just as offensive to the property rights of the owners of these devices. It still circumvents the creative rights of most software authors, including those who author Free/Libre and Open Source Software, who will still not be able to author software that is compatible with any of the DRM systems.

People shouldn’t be surprised by Apples disrespect of the rights of their customers, and their attempt to use any means possible (some of which either are or should be illegal) to push their product. The major difference between Apple and Microsoft is not their morality or belief systems, but their achieved level of success.

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