French p2p levy fails: DRM still has a chance

Well it was to be expected I guess, the record labels lobbied hard and long and the p2p levy failed in france; draft laws insisting on DRM interoperability remain possible however with the vote expected later this week:
iol.co.za, France forced to backtrack on piracy drive (9 March 2006) <http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1141924683917B216> at 11 March 2006

San Diego.com, France reconsiders legal file-sharing bill (9 March 2006)<http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/F/FRANCE_PIRACY_VOTE?SITE=CADIU&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT> at 10 March 2006

The Register, Blanket digital licence fails in FranceCarry on pirates, carry on DRM (14 March 2006) <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/14/france_p2p_plan_fails/> at 20 March 2006

Editor, French MPs vote to penalise illegal downloads, The Age/AFP (17 March 2006) <http://www.theage.com.au/news/breaking/french-mps-vote-to-penalise-illegal-downloads/2006/03/17/1142098637620.html> at 20 March 2006

Digital Media News, French download fee is officially out (10 March 2006) <http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=14052> at 13 March 2006

CNet News.com/Reuters, French finish draft of law to open iTunes (17 March 2006) <http://news.com.com/French+finish+draft+of+law+to+open+iTunes/2100-1025_3-6051094.html?tag=nefd.top > at 20 March 2006

Wired News/Associated Press, French Law Seeks Interoperability (17 March 2006) <http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,70436-0.html?tw=wn_index_15> at 20 March 2006

Yahoo/Reuters, French plan would open iTunes to other devices (13 March 2006) <http://yahoo.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?storyID=urn:newsml:reuters.com:20060313:MTFH48500_2006-03-13_18-41-48_L10436201&symbol=AAPL.O&rpc=44> at 14 March 2006

Research conducted by the Canadian Record Industry Association undermines their arguments regarding p2p:
p2pnet.net CRIA own goal (18 March 2006)<http://p2pnet.net/story/8243> at 20 March 2006

New website by Canadian Record Label urging against individual prosecutions:
Save The Music Fan <http://www.savethemusicfan.com/index.html> at 20 March 2006

Tanya Andersen, individual fighting RIAA lawsuit, permitted to have hard drive forensically examined at the expense of her prosecutors:
p2pnet.net, RIAA p2p file share defeat, (19 March 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/8247> at 20 March 2006

New American business LaLa - share CDs for $1 - totally legal under First Sale Doctrine:
The Register, Lala - a P2P NetFlix for swapping CDs (7 March 2006) <at">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/07/lala_launch/>at 10 March 2006

The Patry Copyright Blog, La la and Section 109 (8 March 2006) <http://williampatry.blogspot.com/> at 16 March 2006

Dutch Torrent site closes under pressure from labels:
p2pnet.net, Dutchnova.com bites the dust (15 March 2006) <http://p2pnet.net/story/8206> at 16 March 2006

Torrent site in Sweden totally legal:
Wired News, The Pirate Bay: Here to Stay? (13 March 2006) <http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70358-0.html?tw=wn_story_page_prev2> at 14 March 2006

Class Action in USA against monoploist labels:
Red Herring, Class Action Giant Sues Labels (9 March 2006)<http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=16046&hed=Class+Action+Giant+Sues+Labels+§or=Industries&subsector=EntertainmentAndMedia> at 14 March 2006