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The French parliament last week passed a new copyright bill, including new regulations which threaten to overturn the structures of the digital music sector.
Great! Man the barriers, we'll be rioting in Paris by noon.
No, that's the other French news story. This is the bill that originally threatened to legalise P2P ...
That again? Weren't you banging on about that just a few weeks ago?
... but now things have moved on.
How so?
Well, the amendment that would have legalised filesharing was voted off the bill, when a large section of the MPs that supported it walked out in protest at the way that the debate was proceeding. However, there's another amendment that has been creating uproar. Namely article seven, amendment five.