France wants be at the forefront in the battle against intellectual piracy. And yesterday it will have made a significant step forward. The Constitutional Court beyond the Alps gave the green light to legislation that aims to protect the intellectual production on the Internet. This is a second version of the rules suggested by Hadopi (Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des oeuvres et la protection des droits sur Internet), the Board takes its name from the law. The new rules provide that penalties can be very heavy for those who illegally download content from the network.
is not the first time in history that France arises as a country that wants to impose principles without timidity which then reveal universal. The network has developed through the combination of freedom and free ill pay what is seen as a real invasion of the field. But as the physical Polis, so that it could continue to exist, had to rely on rules, the same way in the digital world you will have to start a similar process. We're not questioning the freedom and free on the web, as the need for boundaries. And this is also a mistaken sense of free. The strategy of free theorized by Chris Anderson in his latest book is a business strategy, namely that the free is one of the means to get to "sell" products. All the more so in the case of products of the intellect. With another problem, not everyone is able to implement a defense or a strategy to enhance its production.
Of course, the French did not go light: have provided heavy penalties for piracy on the Web. Penalties of two types: the first is to detach from the Internet for one year after the third notice sent to those who illegally download content, the second is even stoppage. And then you can also discuss the strength and measurement rules. But obviously you can not postpone the need for their existence.
Daniele Manca (www.corriere.it)October 24, 2009
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