Hello, I'm Jeremie Zimmerman, co-founder of La quadrature du net.
There are some facts that i'd like to present,
which seem missing in this debate,
and which might further some of your understanding...
...about the crisis of legitimacy which copyright risks to face...
... in the future, or maybe already at present.
First of all, for an entire generation of users --
who use technology and are born with it --
using images, videos or music is a part of a way of expression.
When you discourage from using without permission for the sake of expressing oneself,
you discourage that freedom of speech that John [Berry Parlow] was talking about.
Moreover, using [media] wasn't regulated before the Internet.
I'm talking about the right to read, the right to lend, the right to share.
In the digital world, every time you read, you [have to] make a copy.
Copying and reading are inseparable.
When you try at all costs to discourage copying...
... you are inevitably discouraging and preventing reading, sharing and the access to culture.
Finally, there's a fact that is missing in this debate.
I hear Mr. Dianopoulos saying:
"People using bittorent aren't my clients"
I'll try to say politly what i think of it:
It is simply not true.
It's simply false.
And empirical studies have shown not only that those people are your best clients,
but it's even been shown by a study of Hadopi in France, on page 45,
that proves invariably that those people that share the most...
... are those who spend the most!
Let me finish by saying that music, movies and culture...
... are things we love and feel strongly for.
And when we love something...
... we are always ready to support and help its creation.
We are no "thieves".