[pp.int.general] copyright vs. "droit d'auteur"

[Richard M Stallman]

    > In any case, we must distinguish between safety and human
    > rights. Each is desirable in its own way, but they are not the
    > same. Confusing them is a fallacy at the root of a lot of
    > right-wing authoritarian arguments.

    If it were only supported by /right-wing/ parties 

You are talking about which parties supported the data retention
directive.  I was talking about certain rhetoric that I have heard
mainly from right-wing people.  These are not quite the same topic.
So you could be right and I could also be right.