David Gerard wrote:
And the UK law implementing this is ...
UK law is a confusing mess, I'll let our British friends search for it.
In France it is title IV of the Code of intellectual property, inserted by law 98-536 taken in application of directive 96/9/CE of March 11, 1996: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:31996L0009:EN:HT...
David Monniaux says the Foundation should:
The Foundation, by itself, should do nothing. Individual users uploading material take their responsibilities. The Foundation only provides hosting.
-- DM