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Bien Sur
The French seem to be on the right track when it comes to technology.
Several weeks ago the French flirted with legalizing file sharing.
And now the Mayor of Paris wants free wifi for all.
je l'aime
January 9, 2006 Venture Capital and Technology | Comments (5) | TrackBack (2)
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Bonjour (de France)
Free Wifi services all around: now Google with Sheraton Hotels, check http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060109-133346
A bientôt!
didier
Posted by: d.durand | Jan 10, 2006 12:00:58 AM
zis is music to my eeers. :0)
Posted by: Matt | Jan 10, 2006 5:41:27 PM
zis is music to my eeears. :0)
Posted by: Matt | Jan 10, 2006 5:42:52 PM
Sure. but at the same time, there is a proposition aiming at banning open source software. We invented contradiction.
http://www.fsffrance.org/news/article2005-11-25.en.html
Posted by: PG | Jan 10, 2006 11:48:33 PM
As an update to the article posted by PG about the DADVSI bill. I wonder if this is passed, what the implications would be for Europe given that it is derived from the EUCD.
http://eucd.info/index.php?English-readers
http://www.videolan.org/eucd.html
Ironically enough, appears to be the offspring of our beloved DMCA.
Posted by: Chris | Jan 11, 2006 11:14:01 PM
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