Legal Niches

France Wants to Subsidize Music Purchases

By pete_gallagher

While France's three-strike "Hadopi" law targeting illegal downloaders of copyrighted material came across as harsh to some critics, the country has come up with a novel approach to cut down on music piracy—the government will partially fund the purchase of music.

France's plan is to sell pre-paid cards to be used to purchase music, with the catch, according to the BBC, that cards valued at 50 euros will cost only 25 euros when bought. The government will pick up the other half of the tab.
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Full post as published by GamePolitics.com on October 15, 2010 (boomark / email).