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France music download subsidy gets EU Commission approval

article published on 13 October, 2010

A plan by the French government to subsidize the cost of music subscription services to cut the amount of illegal music file sharing in the country has gotten a nod of approval from the European Commission. The commission must ensure that programs such as this do not damage competition in the marketplace. Under the scheme, French residents can buy a card to access a music subscription ... [ read the full article ]

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KillerBug
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_ 		13. October 2010 @ 02:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So then, this is a ?25 million a year gift to the record companies and iTunes?
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davidike
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_ 		13. October 2010 @ 02:56 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
holy crap, the government is going to hand tax monies directly over to big media, WTF?

how could france possible consider this when they are cutting public services left right and centre, raising the retirement age, and other austerity measures.

just shows how much control the media companies have over our governments.
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KillerBug
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_ 		13. October 2010 @ 05:22 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by davidike:
 just shows how much control the media companies have over our governments.
Just one problem with that statement...you accidentally added the word, "Media" to that sentence, and you called them "our" governments. It should read, "Just shows how much control the companies have over THEIR governments"
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Tristan_2
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_ 		13. October 2010 @ 10:32 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I kinda hope the Music Industry doesn't complain on this cuz if you think on it, the Music Industry and Movie Industry complain no matter what the Gov's Do
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ROMaster2
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_ 		13. October 2010 @ 14:36 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
>giving big corporations tax payers money

Did France NOT learn from America's retarded move?
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blaster4
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The French are rioting in the streets because of shortage of money, yet the government is handing millions of Euros of taxpayers' money to the rich media companies, free and absolutely for nothing in return. Is it really credible?
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