Christophe R. vs Warner Music: French court bans private-copying hostile DRM

Abstract

France is one of the European countries where a particularly vivid public discussion about DRM and the private copying exception took place. This is thanks to the efforts of French consumer organisations taht initiated a number of court cases dealing with complaints of consumers about CDs and DVDs that could, among others, not be copied and ripped because of technical protection measures in place. This article discusses that latest DRM decision in France, a decision that went one step further than its predecessors when dealing with the difficult question of the relationship between DRM and private copying.

Technologie en recht

Bibtex

Article{nokey, title = {Christophe R. vs Warner Music: French court bans private-copying hostile DRM}, author = {Helberger, N.}, url = {http://www.indicare.org/tiki-read_article.php?articleId=180}, year = {0307}, date = {2006-03-07}, journal = {INDICARE Monitor}, abstract = {France is one of the European countries where a particularly vivid public discussion about DRM and the private copying exception took place. This is thanks to the efforts of French consumer organisations taht initiated a number of court cases dealing with complaints of consumers about CDs and DVDs that could, among others, not be copied and ripped because of technical protection measures in place. This article discusses that latest DRM decision in France, a decision that went one step further than its predecessors when dealing with the difficult question of the relationship between DRM and private copying.}, keywords = {Technologie en recht}, }