Monday, May 13, 2013

France cuts internet change the "piracy" for canon ... - ABC.es

An expert report commissioned by Hollande proposes a new tax “extremely small” to finance French culture in the country

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“For internet, it should be noted that there will be more internet cuts decided by a judge,” because it is a “serious attack on freedom (the internet access) recognized by the Constitutional Council “explained the Minister of Culture, Aurélie Filippetti.

So far, French Internet users received a notice in your home when detected that the French administration had tried downloading illegal content. The first letter was a warning without penalty, but in the following months were hunted again, came the fine, which could reach 1,500 euros.

new text now studying France, known as “Lescure report” by the name of its author (the former Canal + Group, Pierre Lescure), it calls for the withdrawal of the letters, but calls for a reduction of fines to 60 euros, the price of a yearly subscription to a legal platform for music online.

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The text, written at the request of the President of France, François Hollande, is the result of nine months of work and hundreds of interviews with various actors in the French cultural sector.

The “Report Lescure” also trace other lines of policy, such as reducing from 36 to 18 months the minimum time that must elapse between the arrival of a film at the cinema and exploitation in payment per view.

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