The French government has become more aggressive in moving to block attempts by its legislature to legalize peer-to-peer downloads, with the country's Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy having harsh words for file sharers after a meeting with popular French artists.
The original bill aimed to punish those who break laws by copying CDs and DVDs and then uploading the content to the Internet. However, legislative debate quickly turned contentious when several members of the body added amendments that would essentially make P2P networks legal, as long as a small fee is paid as a tax.
