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• A license fee for an unrestricted access to music 4 months ago
  
  The Digital Milenium Copyright Act (DMCA) was adapted in most of the countries under the pressure of the majors and the distributors of music. Even if everybody could easily have an access to the Culture in all its variety, laws and technical restrictions make it impossible. Recently, the Songwriters Association of Canada (SAC) proposed a licence fee for an unrestricted access to music. At the same time, a mission for the French government was detailing the best approach to prevent and dissuade Internet users from illegally downloading music. Isn't the SAC's proposal applicable to France/your country?
• Gonzales: It's time to punish 'attempted' piracy 10 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  U.S. attorney general makes another pitch for a dramatic new rewrite of criminal copyright laws.
• Broadcast Treaty wounded and dying 10 months, 3 weeks ago
  
  It's been four or five years since Electronic Frontier Foundation joined the fight against the United Nations' "broadcast treaty," and this week, just as things were looking darkest, we scored our most definitive victory,