HadopiDemocracy: 3 strikes and you’re out

Context

French tech blog scene 2008-2009

From gadget oriented to social consciousness

Free Press?

“The French Paradox”

Social Media

Numérama, PCimpact & RWW

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Gov. & the Press

Politics in France

95% do not use the web

99.9% never heard of P2P

Lobbys

Frédéric Lefebvre

•MP, Spokesman for Sarkozy’s UMP Party,•Close friend of President Sarkozy •Major French Lobbyist•Rumored to be the next State Sec. for the Internet

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The “Hadopi Report”

State Sec. for Culture issues a report:

“P2P hurts CD sales, creates unemployment”

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RWW

“Harvard, and all scientific studies we gathered say the opposite”

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Frederic Lefebvre, during a speach in Parliament:

“Internet is the land of pedophiles and criminals”,“people die everyday because of the internet”, “it needs to be under control”...

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Frederic Lefebvre, during an interview

What’s Web 2.0 ?: Err... Like... Err...

RWW uploads his interview on YouTube

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RWW Starts a Massive buzz campaign

Withing 7 days

Lefebvre officially disqualified as Internet State Sec.

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Massive Conversations on Blogs about Hadopi

Nothing in the pressRWW enters Top10 tech-blogs list

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RWW & friends collaborate with anti-Hadopi MPs

Conversations as a rehearsal for debates in Parliament

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MP defending the law are ridiculous

“Open Office is a firewall!”

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Hadopi is THE major conversation in the French Blogosphere

Still nothing in the Press

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Law is Rejected during a “coup”

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Never mind the parliament

Law is voted again: Hadopi #2 passed

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Supreme Court Rejects the Law

“Doesn’t comply with basic justice principles”

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State Sec. for Culture is Fired

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Hadopi #3 is voted AGAIN

Democracy: 3 strikes and you’re out!

Tomorowin a Parliament near you!