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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
I am in agreement with Harry on this basic fact... though I don't believe that these new French laws would accomplish this in any way. To adequately protect content, better methods are needed than writing laws that clearly stand against the basic civil liberties enjoyed by modern societies. But lack of protection clearly violates the civil liberties of creators, so something must be done.
The best outcome I can see from something like this, is that the heinous consequences of enforcing the law force all parties concerned into finally getting together and creating a system that truly works, is civilly responsible and fair to all parties.
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this law is the wrong way to address the question of compensating content creators, and violating civil liberties such as the basic right to privacy is unacceptable.