Hadopi loses its Secretary General – Clubic

Eric Walter, Secretary General of the High Authority for the dissemination of works and protection of rights on the Internet (Hadopi), announced on Twitter no longer be in office since 1 August. A departure which is not surprising.

For those unaware, the Hadopi still exists. But just lost its general secretary. In office since 2010, Eric Walter has, according to our colleagues at Next INpact, was removed from office, without the person or body, however, confirms this version.

This dismissal would However as no surprise Eric Walter had caused backwater internally. Even Marie-Françoise Marais, the instance of President and origin of the arrival of Eric Walter at this position, had publicly disassociated statements made by its Secretary General, including two tribunes published in Libération .

Referring turn the “ two-headed governance ” of Hadopi and “ the lack of legal offers ’cause he believes the hacking, Eric Walter was originally a study on proportional sharing remuneration. It is thus managed to attract both the wrath of the proceedings and those of rights holders, who denounced last year, a communication “ biased and incessant issues to the public the idea that there is no reason to oppose piracy (the Secretary General of the Hadopi now called “sharing”) and puts in charge, not the counterfeiters, but assigns, presented as guilty of an alleged insufficiency legal offers . “

Nicolas Seydoux, President of Gaumont, was even said to have” a problem with the Secretary General Hadopi, who thinks that the problem of illegal downloading carried out by the Internet is set, and if they are downloading, it is the fault of those entitled . “

These statements and passes these weapons have weakened the institution. Last July, a report of two senators recommended that the Hadopi to focus on the organization of flexible response by not granting him more than a repressive role, and removing all power of reflection and suggestions about fundamental questions Intellectual property.

The instance, threatened, therefore attempts recently to redeem more prone driving to meet the beneficiaries. Hadopi says and treat more than half of the referrals received each day (sent by the beneficiaries), against 30% previously. The dismissal of Eric Walter thus sounds like an eminently political movement; a maneuver that seeks to ease tensions that jeopardize the role of Hadopi, which probably did not finish to get tough

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