"The District Court of Paris, however, refused to agree with the SCPP's argument. Following the line of reasoning utilised by the ADA for nearly two years, the Judges decided that these acts of downloading and uploading qualified as 'private copying'", it added. This decision is being publicised as the French parliament meets to discuss whether P2P use will be legalised as long as a fee of about 5 euro is paid each month.
The verdict is being appealed but L'Association des Audionautes is confident that a higher court will uphold the decision.
Source:
The Register