One the one hand they take subsidies and tarrifs on blank media and on the other they attempt to steal away your traditional fair use rights.
No longer , the french judiciary has decided they cant have it both ways and has declared copy protection on all dvd,s and by implication CD,s illegal.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/silico ... 494813.htm
This ruling means that 80 percent of DVDs now on the French market are equipped with illegal mechanisms,'' said Julien Dourgnon, spokesman for consumer advocacy group UFC-Que Choisir, which brought the case.