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Nobody follows all the laws of their own country, Ralph, and the fact that something is against the law does not mean that the law is always applied.
Ripping a CD that you've bought perfectly legally to your own iPod is illegal in the UK. How many people are prosecuted for doing so? Zero. Does that mean that we shouldnt' have a copyright law? No, of course not, because there are circumstances in which prosecution for copyright violation is perfectly justified (eg people who illegally sell pirate DVDs on market stalls, to name but one example).
So, am I pleased to see this law passed in France? Yes, I'm delighted. Is it likely that it's going to be used to prosecute everyone who downloads a dodgy music track? No, of course not, but the important point is that it's there for the situations in which it needs to be used - eg large scale uploaders.
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