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As Sarkozy Pushes Three Strikes, He Pays Up For His Own Copyright Violations
from the funny-how-that-works dept
We found it rather ironic that, just as French President Nicolas Sarkozy was so adamant about passing a three strikes law to kick file sharers off the internet, he was being accused of copyright infringement himself, specifically for using music from the US band MGMT at an event and in two online videos without securing a license. Now, you might hope that this would cause Sarkozy to rethink his stance on copyright infringement. Instead, it looks like his political party has simply agreed to pay up and make the issue go away, while still pushing for the three strikes law. It sounds like they paid about 30,000 euros, which is a lot more than the single euro that Sarkozy's party initially offered (yes, seriously). No word on whether or not this counts towards the number of strikes on Sarkozy's internet connection.
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Well of course
If you have 30,000 euros, you can continue to use the internet.
Why is this a problem?
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Uh...
"Instead, it looks like his political party has simply agreed to pay up and make the issue go away"
The French surrender? No way!!!
The 3 shortest books ever written:
1. The Irish Cookbook
2. The Polish book of knowledge
3. The French book of war heroes
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Re: Uh...
You neglected:
1. Hispanics I have met while yachting
2. native Esperanto speakers
And of course
3. My plan to find the real killers by O J Simpson
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Re: Re: Uh...
I said top 3, not top 6. But some others that might make the list:
"How to reach across the aisle" by Dick Cheney
"Keeping a level head" by Joe Biden
"Winning instead of making excuses" a compilation brought to you by the Chicago Cubs
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Re: Uh...
Also...
The Lobbying Victories of NAMBLA
The Big Book of Susan Boyle's Sexual Conquests
Economics For Dummies (by Nicolas Sarkozy)
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How about "Hard, Ethical Work" by Barry Bonds
or "100 ways to act macho" by Michael Jackson
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Don't forget:
The French Book of Political Ethics
The Australian Book of Political Ethics
The American Book of Political Ethics
The Canadian Book of Political Ethics
The English (and subject populations who pretend to have some kind of autonomy) Book of Political Ethics
I'm waiting on my review copy of the Taiwanese version
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30,000 euros?! MGMT must be the lamest band ever. I'd have demanded three hours alone with Alizee!
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Easy
"No word on whether or not this counts towards the number of strikes on Sarkozy's internet connection."
Oh this is an easy one: He's a rich, powerful politician. OF COURSE the law doesnt apply to him, or at the least will never be enforced against him. Laws are only for little people.
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Re: Easy
Here! Here!
Let them eat cake!
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3 Strikes
He infringed at one event and in two separate videos. Doesn't that make three there? Cut off that internet connection now.
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Re: 3 Strikes
Not quite. The event was offline infringement, so it doesn't count unless he acquired the song online. The videos, though, put him at two strikes.
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But you all are forgetting the most important ones!
-The American Guide To Parenting
-The American Guide To Loosing Weight
-The Recording Industries Answer To Life's Problems
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"The Anonymous Coward's Guide to Using the word 'Loose'"
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My all time favorite:
Blog Commentary That Changed The World.
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Yeah
My sincerest apologies for the whole book thing, but it was fun.
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At least he paid the bill unlike american politicians.
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Most overused department ever
What percentage of TD stories come from the "Funny how that works" department, I wonder.
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30k
For 30k I could probably buy every song (DRM free) I ever wanted. Idiot.
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To be fair, a symbolic euro in damages is a common penalty in the french court system...
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