France is awesome

It would also make a distinction between people illegally downloading for profit and the estimated eight million individuals in France who occasionally add to their music and movie collections via internet peer-to-peer sites.

Under the proposed new bill, a consumer who broke such protection to put, say, a movie from a disk onto a pocket video player such as Sony's PlayStation Portable or Apple's latest iPod would not be prosecuted. And someone who copies a friend's disk would face only a $240 fine.

However, those trying to make money off such activities or publish hacker how-tos to get around the blocks would face a year in prison and fines of up to $160,920.

[ They actually thought through what is reasonable ]