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Goodbye Hadopi: France Will Launch New 'Arcom' Anti-Piracy Agency in 2022
After more than a decade of operations, France's Hadopi agency will now complete its merger with the Higher Audiovisual Council to create a new and powerful regulator. Following the French parliament's adoption of a new law last month, the Arcom body will launch in January 2022, tackling everything from illegal streaming and site blocking to the disruption of unlicensed sports broadcasts.
[...] The anti-piracy body pioneered the so-called "graduated response" system back in 2010, with Hadopi tracking down copyright infringers using mainly BitTorrent networks and then warning, fining, or even disconnecting them. Over time, however, more convenient methods of illicit consumption (such as streaming) gained traction, putting Hadopi a little behind the times.
[...] The new law "on the regulation and protection of access to cultural works in the digital age" was officially published this week.
[...] On January 1, 2022, Hadopi will be dissolved and the CSA will take the Arcom name. This new regulator will operate with expanded investigation powers and will be responsible not only for tackling piracy but also for the protection of minors and the fight against disinformation and hatred online.
On the anti-piracy front, Hadopi's 'graduated response' will be adopted by Arcom and the regulator will also focus on illicit streaming, direct download, and linking platforms that profit from the online publication of works in violation of creators' rights.
Arcom's key responsibilities will include the management of a "blacklist" of infringing sites. A site can find itself on this database after being labeled a "repeat infringer" in a yet-to-be detailed process. A site appearing on the list will act as a signal for search engines to carry out delistings, advertisers to curtail business deals, or be presented as support for rights holders engaged in legal action.
(Score: 4, Funny) by MIRV888 on Tuesday November 02 2021, @12:44AM
Good luck with that.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 02 2021, @12:46AM
Shouldn't that be Arrghcom?
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 02 2021, @02:39AM (3 children)
It has always seemed wrong to me that, in the US, things like dealing with an abusive land lord is a civil matter, and you are on your own to pay court and attorney's fees. But, protection against loss of profits on copyrighted material is a criminal matter with huge amounts of state resources (tax money) thrown at the problem of, mainly, protecting rich and powerful interests from losing trivial amounts of profits to usually small scale operations / individuals.
The renter also has to prove actual damages. It is not enough that the landlord illegally entered and rifled through the tenant's possessions. Yet, the copyright troll attacking a high school kid who torrented a few videos can successfully claim millions of dollars in damages.
It seems our laws were created by the rich for the exclusive benefit of the rich.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 02 2021, @10:58AM (1 child)
Lol no. That's when you call the cops. I once had a landlord try to break into my house--while I was there. She quickly discovered that I am not above filming her attempting to break and enter, and the police very much consider it a criminal offense here.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 02 2021, @10:09PM
I was writing from personal experience. Landlord repeatedly illegally entered apartment, and when they did send a 24hr. notice before entry, it was phrased as a threat that they would cut the locks off our garages if we were not present at 2:00pm tomorrow.
I spoke with a small claims advisor, and they told me that if there were not actual damages, e.g., I could not prove they stole something from my home, I couldn't use small claims.
The police couldn't give a damn, it is a civil matter.
I couldn't afford to go to real court.
The landlord was an asshole; place was bought by the guy 2 months before half the apartment complex all moved out in the same month-- we hoped that it hurt him a little bit to lose 50% of his rents (for our building anyway).
Rich rent-seeking parasite assholes are assholes.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 02 2021, @11:20AM
Intellectual 'property' privileges infringe on my actual property rights.
Fairphone thoughts & commentary with Louis Rossmann
Louis Rossmann
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhLtyrRwGcg [youtube.com]
(~8 minutes)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 02 2021, @02:42AM (1 child)
Very nicely consolidated. Piracy, porn, and trolling are clearly closely related crimes -- they all happen on the internet, after all.
What's the saying, if all your problems look like nails, then the only tool you need is a hammer?
(Score: 2) by bzipitidoo on Tuesday November 02 2021, @02:54PM
They should shut themselves down, for engaging in disinformation about "intellectual property". Not least on that front is accepting a mandate to enforce stupidly bad law. However, history suggests they'll do their utmost to blind themselves to the hypocrisy they're to perform. That's how it went with the War on Drugs. When Prohibition was repealed, the chief of the agency responsible for enforcement, faced with unemployment for him and all his workers, stoked hysteria over marijuana, riding the sensation created with propaganda such as Reefer Madness. It worked.
Pretensions of enforcing property rights over imaginary property is one of the big lies of our times.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by PinkyGigglebrain on Tuesday November 02 2021, @02:44AM (3 children)
why do these words fill me with dread?
Protect minors from what?
Who defines disinformation?
What constitutes "hatred online"?
"Beware those who would deny you Knowledge, For in their hearts they dream themselves your Master."
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 02 2021, @03:47PM
From me.
I am the definition of disinformation, and you can believe that.
I do, gaynigger.
This agency is doomed to failure.
I, Anonymous Coward, cannot be stopped.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday November 02 2021, @03:50PM
They probably will not publicly disclose exactly what the criteria is, or people would simply tiptoe around the criteria.
This is sort of like arresting someone for jaywalking, even though they used the crosswalk. It is obvious that they intended to jaywalk, but slyly chose to use the crosswalk in order to technically skirt getting penalized for jaywalking. Got it?
If you think a fertilized egg is a child but an immigrant child is not, please don't pretend your concerns are religious
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 03 2021, @04:19PM
"Jacobellis v. Ohio [wikipedia.org]". For those who don't want to read it, "I know it when I see it."
Can anybody give a concrete definition, specific, 100% perfect definition of "hated" or "disinformation?" No. But everybody knows it when they see it. There may be differences of opinions, and there may be mistakes, but people know it when they see it.
It all goes down to a world view. If somebody believes "the Man" will use it as an abusive tool to oppress the people, yes, absolutely, it can be. If somebody believes a benevolent paternalistic overseer ("Big Brother" in a non-ironic, non-1984 sense) will use it as a tool to protect the masses, yes, absolutely, it can be.
It's the same thing as everything large, powerful, and centralized thing, including but not limited to single-payer universal healthcare.
I think the French are more positive and trusting of their government than the US is (but not as much as Scandanivian countries, China, and Japan are). So maybe it will work out well for them.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by jelizondo on Tuesday November 02 2021, @05:44AM (1 child)
It is not the first time France is on the side of the rich and powerful, they did it to Haiti, forcing former slaves [theguardian.com] to pay reparations to their owners for having rebelled against slavery.
Not a minute of thought was given to paying reparations to slaves who had been plucked from Africa and forced to work in inhumane conditions against their will…
So, we see that “Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité” was just a sideshow, then and now.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 02 2021, @06:38PM
They should have put those Niggers on a boat back to Africa and then sunk the boat once they were in the middle of the ocean.
(Score: 2) by PiMuNu on Tuesday November 02 2021, @02:29PM
Sorry.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 02 2021, @06:33PM
"This new regulator will operate with expanded investigation powers and will be responsible not only for tackling piracy but also for the protection of minors and the fight against disinformation and hatred online."
IOW, trying to stop ethnic french from knowing about, discussing, or resisting their planned destruction (which is well under way) by the International Jew and Shabbos Goy race traitors.