Le 16 Mars 2006 10:32, Nicolas Sauret a écrit :

this law is more nasty than that since it considers any system potentially dangerous as illegal. OSS, Linux, PD and whatever is potentially dangerous because they don't include the major's DRMs. And those fuckers went so far that the only promotion of those potentially dangerous piece of codes is illegal ! damn..

Here's the definition (in French) of a "forbidden software": «un logiciel manifestement destiné à la mise à disposition non autorisée d'œuvres ou d'objets protégés». I would translate this as "a software specifically designed for unauthorized distribution of protected works".

Since any communication software or any medium can be used to distribute unauthorized copies of protected works, it's business as usual. Most software are NOT specifically designed for unauthorized distribution of protected works... The "content lobby" is not yet controlling a monopole, and a good solution is to boycott their products. Just don't buy protected content and DRM equipped technology. Buy only unprotected content. If everything is protected, then buy nothing... This law is a good opportunity to promote free culture using free tools. Let stupid artists and the general public fight each other for a while, and they will eventually get it. Look at the Sony fiasco and be optimistic. -- Marc