U.S. vs. the world on file-sharing
Is the United States getting increasingly out of touch with the rest of the world where technology matters are concerned?
This Digg link is an opinion piece about French Parliament’s recent proposal to allow P2P downloading in combination with a tax on ISPs to compensate copyright holders.
I’ve been keeping track of the pros and cons of file sharing, and the “out of touch” criticism goes hand-in-hand with my argument “The Internet is global, and the RIAA is forcing American laws on the world.”
As I understand it, France’s copyright bill is still in progress, so it’ll be interesting to see how this story develops.