BigChampagne's Ultimate Chart (a/o February 10th):
1. “What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger),” Kelly Clarkson
2. “Set Fire to the Rain,” Adele
3. “Turn Me On,” David Guetta
4. “Rack City,” TYGA
5. “Good Feeling,” Flo Rida
6. “Smooth Criminal (Glee Cast Version),” Glee Cast
7. “Young, Wild & Free,” Snoop Dogg & Wiz Khalifa
8. “Domino ,” Jessie J
9. “Sexy and I Know It,” LMFAO
10. “Ass Back Home ,” Gym Class Heroes
After numerous rejections and false-starts, major media interests in France finally secured their three-strikes bill - albeit with the strings of judicial approvals and oversight. But will Europeans eventually live in a world of looming disconnections and aggressive copyright policing? The description sounds a bit extreme, though compromises involving future telecommunications regulation are now opening the door for more graduated responses to infringement.
In comments to the New York Times, European legislators offered heavy lip-service to internet freedoms, but the compromised language would give copyright owners the ability to apply disconnection approaches. In essence, an amendment protecting freedoms and effectively preventing three-strikes enforcement has been dropped, a loss for civil liberties groups. Those changes were pushed heavily by various French lawmakers, though the compromise still calls for judicial approvals.
The shift will undoubtedly have implications for member countries, including the United Kingdom. That is where the most intense three-strikes debates are happening, though if the recent European compromises offer any influence, British disconnection policies would also require court reviews.
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