In the the spirit of the DMCA passed by the US Congress, France and the EU are about to pass some terrible draconian laws. Projects like VLC are in potential danger; and by extension, all free/open source software will be criminalized.
Cory Doctorow blogged about it. EUCD.info is organizing a petition and providing info to the world.
http://tofz.org/stuff/DADVSI/banner_eucd-info.gif
fuck