With France passing its new law to kick accused file sharers off the internet based on accusations rather than due process, you may wonder how that could possibly square with the EU Parliament’s position from earlier this year that no one should be kicked off the internet without due process, and should only be allowed in “exceptional circumstances.” Well, it looks like the lobbyists and the French gov’t put enough pressure on the EU Parliament that it’s now ditched that clause, even though 88% of Parliament agreed to it the first time around. Forget gov’t for the people, the EU Parliament has shown that it’s now the gov’t for an entertainment industry that doesn’t want to innovate. Sad. In the meantime, we’re back to asking the basic question that no one in the industry ever answers: how will kicking fans of your content offline make them want to buy anything? It may get some to stop file sharing, but it won’t make them buy. It seems the industry has become so confused that it actually thinks stopping file sharing is more important than making money.
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