[DMCA-Activists] Movie Downloading Judged Legal in France

[Seth Johnson]

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Subject: [Upd-discuss] movies downloading judged legal in France
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2005 12:19:53 +0100
From: Jean-Baptiste Soufron <address@hidden>
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> http://www.audionautes.net/blog/index.php?2005/03/11/23-movies-downloading-judged-legal-in-france

MOVIES DOWNLOADING JUDGED LEGAL IN FRANCE

  On Thursday, the French Court of Appeal of Montpellier released
a 22 years old Internet user free of charges after he was sued
for copying nearly 500 movies on Internet, burning them on CDs
and sharing them with friends. The Court based its decision on
the article L-122-5 of the French Intellectual Property Code
stating that « authors can’t forbid copies or reproductions that
are only intented for the private use of the copyist. »

  In a similar case in January however, the Discrict Court of
Pontoise found another Internet user guilty and condemned him to
pay more than 15 000 euros. On the contrary, the French
Association of Audionautes helped another defendant who was able
to win his case in December in front of the District Court of
Chateauroux.

  There are still more than 50 criminal procedures pending in
France. More than 20 of them are being helped by the French
Association of Audionautes.

  The french press release of the Association of Audionautes :
   
http://www.audionautes.net/blog/index.php?2005/03/10/22-un-utilisateur-de-p2p-relaxe-par-la-cour-dappel-de-montpellier

  The website of the Association of Audionautes (in french) :

  http://www.audionautes.net

  More on the article L-122-5 of the French Intellectual Property
(in french) :

  http://soufron.free.fr/soufron-spip/article.php3?id_article=22
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