Hell I know it’s not Russian name, it’s Italian and spells Luigi. I also know that in Russian it would sound like [luidzi] (sorry for that [z], I just don’t find a better equivalent for a [z] with that long curly tail it should have). And if we were to transcribe it back to English, Russian [u] would look like “ou” and therefore spelling Louigi would get some sense. And of course it looks prettier. Kinda French :)

And by the way “Lois” lacks for sure “u” in the middle. Otherwise it sounds [lua] and means “Laws”. In French again, of course :)

A little philology lesson for a guy who is able to lesson all the entertainment industry to get some common sense. I’m kinda proud of myself :)

hehe, no, in Russian there is no such name )
Afaik, Louigi is same as Lois, but to me the reason was that I just like how it looks with an “O” more.

This said, don’t count on the socialists to revert / repel this law: in most countries, socialists are more rabid pro-copyright talibans than conservatives. Just look at the US DMCA: sponsored by democrats. UK? Labour is pro-copyright. Germany? SPD is even more censorship than CDU… Brazil? Disconnecting file sharers? Etc. etc. etc…

Don’t count on socialists (PS) to help. If you want to change something in France, either ignore that law, use even more Freenet, or start your own Pirate Party and gather support.

Bonne chance et bon courage.

I knew that the reasonable answer to RM’s fraudy crap would finally come from Russia.

But why on earth you spell “Louigi” with that “o”? Straight transcription from the way it sounds in Russian?

“they have created a generation of people who are marked by an almost total refusal to pay for any content.”

‘Selling music’ in my opinion is a bad term because it implies that music itself can have a set price. But art is subjective and basically priceless and nobody ever tries to place price on music itself – all such attempts are pathetic and people do not react well to buying “content”.

In reality, the record “industry” is/was selling discs – material carriers with copies of music. And in the Internet they are now trying to place a price on music itself, which really is impossible.

May I share an article I wrote on the matter:
http://www.louigiverona.ru/?page=projects&s=writings&t=authorship&a=authorship_property

Enjoyable read…