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France Passes “Three-Strikes” Law for Second Time
Satisfies Constitutional Council’s concern that only a judge can disconnect accused file-sharers from the Internet, but also holds responsible those that unwittingly allow third parties to to use their connection for illegal file-sharing. France’s lower house of parliament formally passed a revised “three-strikes” bill that will allow authorities to disconnect illegal file-sharers from the Internet. First proposed back in June of last year, the “Creation and Internet” law was later successfully passed before being ruled unconstitutional by the country’s Constitutional Council for the use of the Haute Autorité pour la Diffusion des Oeuvres et la Protection des droits sur Internet (HADOPI), a new govt agency whose task it would be to sanction those accused of illegal file-sharing.
Continue reading »France passes harsh anti-P2P three-strikes law (again)
The French legislature today passed into law a second version of the ultra-controversial HADOPI “three strikes” law that targets illegal Internet file-swappers. The revised proposal does address the concerns of the “Sages” who sit on France’s Constitutional Council who objected to the first version of the law, but it does little to mollify critics. Internet disconnections of up to a year can be ordered by a single judge in a “streamlined” proceeding, while Internet users who fail to “secure” their connections can also be punished if other people use those connections to exchange copyrighted material.
Continue reading »French Pirate Party Has a Shot At Winning a Government Seat
If the Pirate Party manages to snag a seat in the September 20th by-election, France could become the third country to have an elected member in a government office. The German Pirate Party has already won a number of municipal seats to be the second which was a follow up to the ever famous Swedish victory earlier this year. The political momentum in Europe has favoured the Pirate Party throughout Europe.
Continue reading »France to Set a Special Session to Deal With HADOPI
It’s no mystery why some would view the French government as persistent with some of its policies and HADOPI is no exception. After opposition successfully delaying HADOPI to September , the government is apparently making a special session first thing to deal with a handful of laws with HADOPI being on the table. HADOPI, also known as the three strikes legislation for many, has been a very controversial law not just in France, but throughout the world because the copyright industry has been pushing for other countries to adopt similar laws.
Continue reading »3 Strikes To Be Administered By Post Office Subsidiary
After its initial adoption in May 2009, the original version of the controversial Hadopi anti-piracy legislation was nuked by the Constitutional Council, France’s highest legal authority. Taking a similar stance to that of the European Parliament, the Council declared the proposals unconstitutional and demanded that accused individuals have a fair trial. A modified version of the bill, which passes the ultimate disconnection decision to a judge, was accepted July 8th by the French Senate.
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