HADOPI LAW-Heinzl, Levraut

                                    HADOPI

Group 6 ; Solène HEINZL and Caecilia LEVRAUT

            After numerous postponements Hadopi law is now really launched. This law is suposed (according to the decree n2009-669 dated from the June, 12 2009) to promote the distribution and protection of creative works on the internet. It has created many polemics since it has been first suggested.So, what is actually Hadopi and is it really usefull and efficient? 

1. Hadopi creation

Go on the wikipedia website and read the first part of the article. 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HADOPI_law

What do the letters Hadopi stand for?

What problems Hadopi is supposed to tackle?

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303550904575562130775993568.html

            2. Hadopi application and effects

Read this article and explain the 3 strikes provided by the law. http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/298663

How does it affect people privacy and life, according to the author of this website :

http://blogs.sun.com/bblfish/entry/the_anti_privacy_liberty_freedom 

           

            3. Arguments for and against the law

Complete this chart with the help of these different links.

http://www.numerama.com/magazine/12844-francis-lalanne-distribue-les-coups-contre-l-hadopi.html

http://www.fromrss.com/internet/hadopi-maxime-le-forestier-vs-francis-lalanne/

http://www.liberation.fr/culture/0101560675-lettre-ouverte-aux-spectateurs-citoyens

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7l7nu_michel-blanc-ce-sont-les-auteurs-qu_creation

http://www.numerama.com/magazine/10031-52-artistes-de-majors-s-engagent-en-faveur-de-la-loi-hadopi.html

For Hadopi

Against Hadopi

            4. Could Hadopi really work?

Go on the site http://linuxmanua.blogspot.com/2009/04/10-antidotes-anti-hadopi.html .

Go to the “antidote 9” and watch the short videos. Has the government the ability to introduce this law?

Now read the others parts of this webpage. It is possible to break through the law, and how?

Now, your turn ! Tell us what you think about it :

Do you think we need a law against illegal downloading, and why ?

Are you used to illegal downloading ?

What do you hold the punishment provided by this law for ?

Whith which arguments from the 3rd question do you agree?