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- Breezeonhold, on 06/14/2009, -3/+58A court ordering that is just wrong.
- Daerion, on 06/15/2009, -1/+43Forcing a completely uninvolved and independent third party news outlet (even if the one in question is "just" a website) to publish something (in exchange for money no less) is disturbing enough already. But having them include names, addresses and other personal information is just utterly ***** insane. What the hell is wrong with these people?
- daxxer, on 06/14/2009, -1/+28I’m disgusted by some of the things happening in France. A court ordering such, is just wrong in my eyes.
- eminn3m, on 06/15/2009, -1/+21Troll (check his comment history).
- primatage, on 06/15/2009, -1/+16to say that's disturbing is a bit of an understatement... ridiculous.
- plaguepony, on 06/15/2009, -1/+15I am just as unconfortable with the government ordering speech as I am with it restricting it.
- digitalpencil, on 06/15/2009, -0/+12err.. freedom of the press? surely that exists in France o_0
i find it hard to believe that the French court is capable of ordering an independent news site to publish 'stories' of their choosing.. this is abhorrent behaviour and i'm surprised they've tolerated it, let alone accepted their blood money in return, regardless of how they intend to spend it..
Vive La Torrent! - WolfeatingRaven, on 06/15/2009, -2/+13Thats what happens when you elect an idiot like Sarkozy.
- plaguepony, on 06/15/2009, -0/+10obvious troll is obvious
- snatchmstr, on 06/15/2009, -1/+10Do you want a ***** cookie?
- CaseKey, on 06/14/2009, -6/+15Why the ***** are they taking the money and even thinking about following the ***** court order? They should tell the court to suck dick and move their hosting offshore if they haven't already. I don't see how the court can force/bribe a private organization that broke no laws to publish something like this.
- zephc, on 06/15/2009, -0/+8Don't you French, or at least the EU, have laws against this sort of thing?
- Mihai12345, on 06/14/2009, -2/+7Running won't stop the corruption to the highest levels of government that the copyright lobby caused, the only way to change change the system is from the inside, through the democratic processes. At least with that money they'll have better chances of doing so.
- ZippyV, on 06/15/2009, -2/+7They could use the money to create and promote the french pirate party in the next European elections.
- xtreme571, on 06/15/2009, -0/+5damn it...i wish i could bury u twice
- sexybobo, on 06/15/2009, -0/+4It is the same thing.
Not letting people say what they want to. - almondfilter3, on 06/15/2009, -0/+3Thats pathetic
- AaronCo, on 06/15/2009, -0/+3What a racket. Is the entire french gov't a bunch of sleezeballs, or just a large chunk of it?
- DPDish12, on 06/15/2009, -0/+3"The abstracts contain personal information such as the names, addresses, and birth dates of the convicted, as well as the sentence and the crime they’ve committed."
***** *****!
I'm no scholar of Right's Charters and Constitutions around the world, but I imagine that Freedom of the Press is something that exists in France. So doesn't that Freedom give that said Press the Freedom to decide what to publish and what not to?
I expect this kind of ***** in some ass-backward, lawless country but I thought France was better than this. - HonoredMule, on 06/15/2009, -0/+3An opposing opinion perfectly aligned against any popular or even socially acceptable view on just about every topic imaginable is very easy to comprehend.
If you want to fool people for even an instant into thinking you're not just a troll, you could at least try a little lipstick or mascara. - digitalpencil, on 06/15/2009, -0/+3yeh, €10,000 of blood money waged against a multi-billion dollar corporate empire..
i'm with CaseKey here, I can't understand why they'd tolerate this infringement on their liberties. ***** the money, fight back! The site might die as a result but you've got to have at least have faith, even if it is a worthless endeavor. - burketo, on 06/15/2009, -0/+3I would consider this a loophole scenario. Normally this would be a public service that any news org would be glad to do for money.
In any case, I think it was a silly move by the RIAA or whoever was the prosecution because the readers of Numerama are going to have nothing but sympathy for these people and Numera are now going to have $10,000 to spend on their cause.
I think this is a win for Numerama to be honest... I don't see what benefit the RIAA think this is to them. - channon65, on 06/15/2009, -0/+3although the court is paying the site to do this, has anyone else noticed the amusing trend of the entertainment industry demanding free work from other industries?
- Yarkz, on 06/15/2009, -2/+4Well I hope that money is put to good use considering how it is being obtained.
- digitalpencil, on 06/15/2009, -0/+2agreed.. it's not like it's censorship as such, in fact it's kind of worse in some respects?! Sarkozy's a prick.
- Chooxo, on 06/15/2009, -0/+1I bet they'd happily take money from the anti-copyright lobby.
- greevar, on 06/16/2009, -0/+1Oh, they are making an example of these "criminals".
- dowekeller, on 06/15/2009, -0/+1Despite Sarkozy's prickhood, I would have thought the French would have some kind of constitution with some analogy to a bill of rights that would protect peoples basic freedoms.
- tgc1, on 06/15/2009, -0/+1Is this even remotely enforceable?
- geewillie86, on 06/16/2009, -0/+0How the hell can a court ORDER a website to cover something?
- withoutfear, on 06/15/2009, -0/+0I'm rather surprized that they would want it wide known their government actually convicted people over this.
- beesaretasty, on 06/15/2009, -1/+1Spend it on blank DVDs and offer up a p2p snailmail service.
- ColonelSlanders, on 06/15/2009, -17/+2That's digg for you - don't agree with everyone else? TROLL! Sorry that an opposing opinion is too hard for some to comprehend.
- ColonelSlanders, on 06/15/2009, -29/+3Nice. France is doing well at busting down pirates. Sweden's doing a decent job too. I've been impressed at some European efforts so far. I hope they arrest every pirate and fine them, and when that happens, I will laugh because I follow the law and do not share/download/upload copyrighted material.
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