Legal Victory for P2P in France 237
nietsch writes "The Register is reporting that a french Kazaa user that had been sued by the SCPP (the french equivalent of the RIAA) has been acquitted by the courts in his county. 'The Judges decided that these acts of downloading and uploading qualified as private copying' Ars Technica has more coverage on the subject, or you can read it in english from the organization that lead the defense."
who knew? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:who knew? (Score:1, Funny)
We're talking about FRANCE here. Of course they chose to surrender to the pirates instead of fighting the good fight with Uncle Sam and the {RI,MP}AA.
Everyone's doing it (Score:5, Funny)
Transcript of court proceedings (Score:5, Funny)
Go and tell your master that we have been charged by God with a sacred quest. If he will give us money for the MP3s, he can join us in our quest for the Holy Racketeering Scheme.
FRENCH JUDGE:
Well, I'll ask him, but I don't think he'll be very keen. Uh, MP3s are free you see...
SCPP:
What?
RIAA:
He says MP3s are free!
SCPP:
Are you sure they're free?
FRENCH JUDGE:
Oh, yes. They're very nice-a. (I told him MP3s are free.)
POLICEMEN:
[chuckling]
SCPP:
Well, u-- um, can we come up and have a look at your MP3 collection?
FRENCH JUDGE:
Of course not! You are English types-a!
SCPP:
Well, what are you, then?
FRENCH JUDGE:
I'm French! Why do think I have this outrageous accent?!
RIAA:
What are you doing in England?
FRENCH JUDGE:
Mind your own business!
Re:Transcript of court proceedings (Score:3, Funny)
Also, John Cleese was wearing iPod earphones throughout the whole sketch.
As they say in french (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Everyone's doing it (Score:3, Funny)
Re:who knew? (Score:3, Funny)
Dude we do wear deodorant, and lots of it. It's the single micacle that allows us to wash only once year, for valentine's day !
Re:Early Days (Score:3, Funny)
That's because you have it backward.
Re:Everyone's doing it (Score:4, Funny)
Your statement is a classic example of the logical fallacy no humorus tu assholio de Slashdot. In this fallacy, someone fails to get a joke and thus responds to an absurd or amusing post in a serious way. Moderators, such as the one who gave you +1 Insightful, also sometimes suffer from this malady.