By John Oates

The French courts have ruled that using peer-to-peer networks (P2P), providing you are doing so for personal rather than commercial reasons, is legal. The decision comes just as the French Parliament meets to discuss whether internet users should pay a voluntary tax or surcharge of �5 a month to use P2P networks.

The decision was actually made back in December but has only just been made public.

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