Thursday, April 9, 2009

France Rejects "Three Strikes" Downloading Law

The French Parliament voted on Thursday on the new "HADOPI" (Creation and Internet) law.

This is a sort of three strikes law, where those accused of illegal downloading would lose their ISP service upon the third strike of a case of copyright infringement.

It was anticipated that this would pass the French Senate and National Assembly, but unexpectedly, did not.

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