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