David
05-09-2009, 07:11 AM
A new story entry has been added:
freedom of speech?
A 31-year old Frenchman named Jérôme Bourreau-Guggenheim was fired for "strategic differences" with his employer.
The case is all over French newspapers today. Libération reported the story, which began back on February 19th when Bourreau-Guggenheim decided to write his MP. He did so from a private e-mail address and told Françoise de Panafieu (a member of the majority UMP party) what he thought of the "Création et Internet" bill.
The bill is sometimes referred to as "HADOPI," after the French acronym for the new administrative authority that the bill would create; HADOPI would be responsible for overseeing warnings and Internet disconnections for those who repeatedly infringe online copyrights. The idea is so unpopular that 88 percent of the European Parliament this week voted to ban the practice unless overseen by a judge.
freedom of speech?
A 31-year old Frenchman named Jérôme Bourreau-Guggenheim was fired for "strategic differences" with his employer.
The case is all over French newspapers today. Libération reported the story, which began back on February 19th when Bourreau-Guggenheim decided to write his MP. He did so from a private e-mail address and told Françoise de Panafieu (a member of the majority UMP party) what he thought of the "Création et Internet" bill.
The bill is sometimes referred to as "HADOPI," after the French acronym for the new administrative authority that the bill would create; HADOPI would be responsible for overseeing warnings and Internet disconnections for those who repeatedly infringe online copyrights. The idea is so unpopular that 88 percent of the European Parliament this week voted to ban the practice unless overseen by a judge.