New French Minister of Culture highly critical of HADOPI and France’s anti-piracy policy
Last week, Aurélie Filippetti, the newly appointed French Minister of Culture, commented on Hadopi. The government agency, set up in 2009 to execute the Hadopi law, is best known for the roll out of France’s ‘three strikes’ measure. However, besides combating online copyright infringement, Hadopi also has the task to support the development of legal online content. For instance, last year Hadopi announced to award legal distribution platforms with a Hadopi legal offer logo.
However, according to Filippetti, who has publicly spoken out against France’s anti-piracy policy, Hadopi hasn't fulfilled its mission of developing legal content. She thinks that the agency’s € 12 million yearly budget is too high. Filippetti now wants to cut back on Hadopi’s budget for tasks it has not successfully performed.
Also, Filippetti has stated in an interview with French newspaper Le Novel Observateur that denying internet access to users is a disproportionate measure to the goal of fighting piracy. "This measure will be further investigated," the minister would have said.
In February of this year, we heard an opposing sound about Hadopi. According to Éric Walter, secretary general of Hadopi, the relatively low number of third-strike offenders showed that the system is successful. Academic research suggested that iTunes music sales has boosted since the three-strikes law went into effect.
In September, Filippetti will announce the details of the budget decisions. In the meantime, she wants Hadopi to investigate where the budget can be cut back. Besides, the government appointed Pierre Lescure, former television executive and director of Canal+, to review the French cultural industries and cinema in the digital era and to develop new business models to finance cultural content in the digital age.
Read more about the French Three Strikes Act on FutureOfCopyright.com:
Source: Webwereld
By: Marjolein van der Heide
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