French Parliament approves the worst copyright law in Europe

The French Parliament has voted Friday, June 30th 2006 to approve the DRM bill called DADVSI (? droit d’auteur et droits voisins dans la soci?t? de l’information ?). This bill was voted by raised hands instead of the electronic voting system normally used for solemn votes of that kind. This law is both unacceptable and unenforceable. The EUCD.INFO initiative publicly notes that the government has gone to the furthest in denying democracy, by having the bill finally voted on Friday, June 30, eve of the parliamentary recess. See ? What does the new French copyright bill do ? ? for a list of some of the known problems of DADVSI, including references to the articles in the bill.

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