PARIS, France (AP) -- A new law in France makes it a crime -- punishable by up to five years in prison -- for anyone who is not a professional journalist to film real-world violence and distribute the images on the Internet.
Critics call it a clumsy, near-totalitarian effort by authorities to battle "happy slapping" -- the youth fad of filming violent acts -- which most often they have provoked themselves -- and spreading the images on the Web or between mobile phones.
I guess Jerry Lewis and The 3 Stooges are no longer en vogue; sad they couldn't just ban them instead of making up this crazy law to thwart further erosion of credibility at the enjoyment of odd American comics...see ya in Russia!
Critics call it a clumsy, near-totalitarian effort by authorities to battle "happy slapping" -- the youth fad of filming violent acts -- which most often they have provoked themselves -- and spreading the images on the Web or between mobile phones.
I guess Jerry Lewis and The 3 Stooges are no longer en vogue; sad they couldn't just ban them instead of making up this crazy law to thwart further erosion of credibility at the enjoyment of odd American comics...see ya in Russia!
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