What the fuck is going on in France?

http://www.fsffrance.org/news/article2005-11-25.en.html

Here's a highlight from the article:
"Friday November 18th, 2005, French Department of Culture. SNEP and SCPP have told Free Software authors: "You will be required to change your licenses." SACEM add: "You shall stop publishing free software," and warn they are ready "to sue free software authors who will keep on publishing source code" should the "VU/SACEM/BSA/FA Contents Department"[1] bill proposal pass in the Parliament. "

Now, I am not a lawyer by any stretch, but I have to wonder what end it serves to make free software licenses criminal. What kind of jurisprudence is this?

How the devil can you press a civil suit against an individual or group who is willing to give away their IP for free? Who does that hurt?

Ça c’est fucké…