Comments on: Controversial “Internet and creation” French law http://www.kirya.net/weblog/2009/03/10/controversial-internet-and-creation-french-law/ Julien Valroff's weblog and personal homepage Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: HADOPI - meeting with my local representative | Kirya [.net] http://www.kirya.net/weblog/2009/03/10/controversial-internet-and-creation-french-law/comment-page-1/#comment-775 HADOPI - meeting with my local representative | Kirya [.net] Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:13:44 +0000 http://www.kirya.net/?p=501#comment-775 [...] to the email sent regarding the French law known as “HADOPI” (I blogged about it a few weeks ago), I had a meeting this afternoon with my local [...] [...] to the email sent regarding the French law known as “HADOPI” (I blogged about it a few weeks ago), I had a meeting this afternoon with my local [...]

]]> By: Julien http://www.kirya.net/weblog/2009/03/10/controversial-internet-and-creation-french-law/comment-page-1/#comment-653 Julien Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:53:58 +0000 http://www.kirya.net/?p=501#comment-653 Thanks for the update! <irony>I might have a chance to see my representative today then</irony>. He is actually on the bad side, but I hoped I could meet him in order to at least expose my concerns... Thanks for the update!

I might have a chance to see my representative today then.

He is actually on the bad side, but I hoped I could meet him in order to at least expose my concerns…

]]> By: JaXX http://www.kirya.net/weblog/2009/03/10/controversial-internet-and-creation-french-law/comment-page-1/#comment-652 JaXX Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:29:31 +0000 http://www.kirya.net/?p=501#comment-652 It has been postponed 24 hours, the law will be discussed tomorrow. The "Mouchard" (the gov-spyware) will also have to be installed on my SIP phone, my Blackberry, my Nokia e61... and someone on the FRnOG mailing list also suggested getting it installed on a PSP which is a very capable device after all... And sorry, but your representative is on the wrong side, like mine... It has been postponed 24 hours, the law will be discussed tomorrow.

The “Mouchard” (the gov-spyware) will also have to be installed on my SIP phone, my Blackberry, my Nokia e61… and someone on the FRnOG mailing list also suggested getting it installed on a PSP which is a very capable device after all…

And sorry, but your representative is on the wrong side, like mine…

]]> By: Julien http://www.kirya.net/weblog/2009/03/10/controversial-internet-and-creation-french-law/comment-page-1/#comment-651 Julien Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:24:41 +0000 http://www.kirya.net/?p=501#comment-651 Thanks for detailing my thoughts ;-) It is clear that I won't install this closed source piece of software in case it is available for GNU/Linux! I cannot imagine people will do this anyway, even on proprietary OS. Thanks for detailing my thoughts ;-) It is clear that I won’t install this closed source piece of software in case it is available for GNU/Linux! I cannot imagine people will do this anyway, even on proprietary OS.

]]> By: Poupoul2 http://www.kirya.net/weblog/2009/03/10/controversial-internet-and-creation-french-law/comment-page-1/#comment-650 Poupoul2 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:22:52 +0000 http://www.kirya.net/?p=501#comment-650 I meant: 'Non politically correct programs' ;) I meant: ‘Non politically correct programs’ ;)

]]> By: Poupoul2 http://www.kirya.net/weblog/2009/03/10/controversial-internet-and-creation-french-law/comment-page-1/#comment-649 Poupoul2 Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:21:39 +0000 http://www.kirya.net/?p=501#comment-649 About this 'firewall piece of software', we even can imagine the following situation : The piece of software is not free software, but GNU/Linux - BSD versions are available. As closed source software, in the worst case, how will we know that it only 'protects' the user ? This piece of software could for example log and send each and every web surfing habits, giving the receiver (Majors, government, professionals...) usable information about the user's behavior. As Tristan Nitot noticed on the <a href="http://standblog.org/blog/post/2009/03/08/Hadopi-et-les-mouchages-filtrants-sur-les-ordinateurs" rel="nofollow">Standblog</a>, this is completely <strong>unacceptable</strong>. Can you imagine your government asking you to wear an electronic device to prove that you cannot be held responsible for the neighboor's robery, or in your TV remote to be sure that you are not watching 'non political' programs ? About this ‘firewall piece of software’, we even can imagine the following situation : The piece of software is not free software, but GNU/Linux – BSD versions are available. As closed source software, in the worst case, how will we know that it only ‘protects’ the user ? This piece of software could for example log and send each and every web surfing habits, giving the receiver (Majors, government, professionals…) usable information about the user’s behavior.

As Tristan Nitot noticed on the Standblog, this is completely unacceptable. Can you imagine your government asking you to wear an electronic device to prove that you cannot be held responsible for the neighboor’s robery, or in your TV remote to be sure that you are not watching ‘non political’ programs ?

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