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[HN] Will Browsers Be Required by Law to Stop You from Visiting Infringing Sites?
(lemmy.dbzer0.com)
In a well-intentioned yet dangerous move to fight online fraud, France is on the verge of forcing browsers to create a dystopian technical capability. Article 6 (para II and III) of the SREN Bill would force browser providers to create the means to mandatorily block websites present on a government provided list.
I don't agree that it's "well-intentioned" at all but the article goes on to point out the potential for abuse by copyright holders.
cross-posted from: https://radiation.party/post/64123
[ comments | sourced from HackerNews ]
France and dystopian copyright laws, name a more typical duo.
The UK and... in fact, no. I'm glad it's not us this time. Lets roast France some more.
Is it still illegal to take pictures of French buildings?
Apparently not just "they could sue you" illegal. Last I heard you can go to jail and get a criminal record... For taking a fucking picture of a building.
Guess I was a criminal at 5 years old lmao. I definitely took a photo of the eiffel tower.
Did you do it at night?
French here, never heard anything about that. Do you know more about this?
There was a huge shitstorm about taking pictures of the Eiffel tower, because of some "artist" with a doubly inflated ego had decorated it (with lamps) and so he said it was taking photos of his "art".
That's one thing I remember from like 10 years anyways :-)