For the record, Glynor, I would feel proud if you were French, too.
Everyone loves the idea of regulating daily life, at least other people's daily life. But only if we get to make the rules. Somebody else's rules? Well, that's a different thing. But once you have rules (somebody else's), then you have to enact laws to make everyone obey the rules. And suddenly, while the penalty for the most severe crimes is getting more lenient, the penalty for disobeying the French is getting more severe. When does it stop? When the regulators run out of ink.
I hate DRM as much as you do, but I would point out that once we got WMA DRM we got Napster, 1,000,000 + songs for $10 a month. I don't think anybody expected that a world-class library would eventually cost only $10 a month.
Turtleneck Boy was once quoted saying that the way to beat piracy was to force the profit margin of piracy down below minimum wage. I think the RIAA has done this, albeit kicking and screaming. But only DRM allowed them to do this.
The Fair Use doctrine implies that you can copy something for personal use, as long as you can copy it. This is why Fair use does not apply to Bill Gates' Mercedes Benz, because it can't be copied. Same for WMA DRM, IMO. And for $10 a month, who cares?
Well, you care, apparently. And your brethren in the Thought Police are on the case! Liberte for all, whether you want it or not! I would only point out that 1,000,000 + songs for $10 a month is the next best thing to stealing, and in the USA it's perfectly legal.