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Recent reports have surfaced claiming the end of Hadopi, the French graduated-response law combatting Internet piracy, could be near. The news comes after a French Ministry of Culture commission on digital content and cultural policy led by Pierre Lescure released a mid-term report critical of the law earlier this week. Sources close to the commission, however, denied any plans to scrap the anti-piracy law.

Launched in France in 2007, on-demand streaming service Deezer has started an aggressive international expansion late 2011, with over 130 countries targeted in 2012. Billboard.biz sopke with Deezer COO/CFO Simon Baldyrou about his company's expansion, their competitor Spotify and why they have no plans to launch in the U.S.