May 16-2009:
An Employee Was Dismissed For His Objection To Internet Law In France!
Recently, I circulated an article informing members that France has enacted a law to debar online users from downloading and sharing Movies and Videos. The penalty is after three downloads, the online user will get two warnings for the first two downloads, and after the third download, he or she would be disallowed from accessing The Web from any online. provider.
However, an online user petitioned his Member of Parliament about his objection to this law, and his e-mail was forwarded to the Minister who was responsible for this Law that was enacted. Then the said Minister of Government forwarded this e-mail to the person's employer, after which the employer FIRED the employee for his objection to the law.
As far as I gather, what we have here is a classic case of The State and the Business/Employer's Community are in collusion with this Law, against their own employees and populace.
Heaven Help us All!
An excerpt of this article is listed hereunder;
Derryck.
NYC.
neurone333 sends along the cause célèbre of the moment in France: a Web executive working for TF1, Europe's largest TV network, sends an email to his Member of Parliament opposing the government's "three strikes and you're out" proposal, known as Hadopi. His MP forwards the email to the minister backing Hadopi, who forwards it to TF1. The author of the email, Jérôme Bourreau-Guggenheim, is called into his boss's office and shown an exact copy of his email. Soon he receives a letter saying he is fired for "strong differences with the [company's] strategy" - in a private email sent from a private (gmail) address. French corporations and government are entangled in ways that Americans might find unfamiliar. Hit the link below for some background on the ties between TF1 and the Sarkozy government.
LINK: http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/09/229217&from=rss
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