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by speedgoose 1039 days ago
It may not be illegal in France:

https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/codes/article_lc/LEGIARTI0000...
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izacus 1039 days ago
Read up on meaning of word "most" when you feel the need to snipe contrarianism without adding to debate.
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speedgoose 1039 days ago
Things such as libdvdcss or libaacs are maintained by VideoLan in France. It’s not a random country in this context.

https://www.videolan.org/developers/libdvdcss.html

https://www.videolan.org/developers/libaacs.html

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realusername 1039 days ago
That's not contrarianism, most of the EU is in this situation. Basically everywhere where you have taxes on private copies, you must still be able to make the copies somehow, otherwise the tax would be repealed.
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