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July 19, 2010

France's Three-Strikes Piracy Law Yields Zero Strikes...

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New York Times:

Nearly three years ago President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed what was to have been the world’s toughest crackdown on illegal file-sharing. After two years of political, judicial and regulatory setbacks, the legislation was approved last September, authorizing the suspension of Internet access to pirates who ignored two warnings to quit. Early this year, the government set up an agency to implement the law.

Since then, not a single warning has been sent out; not a single broadband connection has been cut. At a news conference in June, the president of the agency, Marie-Françoise Marais, said it was “technically and legally ready” to take action. The first warnings would be sent out “before long,” she added…




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