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Political Hypocrisy: French President Sued for Copyright Infringement

By DrewWilson

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It seems that every year, a high profile anti-piracy entity winds up being on the wrong end of a copyright violation ? this year did not disappoint. This may very well become the most ironic stories of 2009 in the copyright debate. The CBC is reporting that French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sued by an independent band for copyright infringement. The president and his administration has been well known for trying to ratchet up copyright laws not only in France, but throughout Europe as well. He has pressured and passed the first ?three strikes? law that gets a user disconnected based on three formal copyright complaints.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on February 28, 2009 (boomark / email).

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