French Court Authorizes P2P Transmission as Private Copying

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Subject: [Upd-discuss] French court authorizes P2P transmission
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Date: Tue,  7 Feb 2006 13:25:13 -0500
From: Elizabeth Stark <estark <at> law.harvard.edu>
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French judge authorizes downloading and uploading of copyrighted
content on the
Internet

February 7, 2006

Paris, France--An Internet user defended by the Association of
Audionautes (ADA) was released free of charges by the District
Court of Paris after downloading and uploading music and movies
on the Internet.

The decision, dated December 8, 2005 and made public this week,
is available online at:
http://www.juriscom.net/documents/tgiparis20051208.pdf

Several Internet users defended by the ADA have already been
released free of charges for having downloaded copyrighted
content on Internet on the basis of the "private copying"
doctrine:
- Rodez Tribunal Correctionnel, October 13, 2004: Absolved of
charges