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If you thought the RIAA had cornered the market on heavy-handed, misguided lawsuits, think again. TorrentFreak reports that the Societe civile des Producteurs de Phonogrammes en France (SPPF) plan on pursuing a lawsuit against three US-based companies that develop P2P applications. Vuze, Limewire, and Shareaza are the applications targeted in the lawsuit. There is a fourth company named that's not a developer, or a P2P site -- it's a repository.
Quoting:New French legislation suggests that for P2P applications to be in the clear they must have the ability to filter and block the transfer of unauthorized copyrighted material.
What part of "Peer to Peer" do these legislators not understand?
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What part of "Peer to Peer" do these legislators not understand?