According to France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy the Hadopi graduate response system paid off as illegal file-sharing is visibly going down. To support his claim, the president released some statistics. In his official statement, Sarkozy acknowledged that the report “consolidates the undisputed pioneering role of France in the cultural industries’ adaptation to the digital age.” The report shows that ever since Hadopi was passed into law in 2010 95% of those who received the first letter (part of the three-strikes system) have stopped from illegally downloading copyrighted material. The study covers a period of one year, from October 2010 to December 2011. Also, “92% of those having received a second notice are in the same situation (no further illegal behavior recorded within the timeframe set out by law) and 98% of those having received a third notice show the same trend,” writes the report.

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Hadopi Anti-Piracy Law Was A Success, Says President Sarkozy