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Subj: French National Assembly rejec
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French National Assembly rejects 'three strikes' legislation
Despite being backed by President Nikolas Sarkozy and approved by the Senate,
the French National Assembly has rejected a bill which proposed that Internet
pirates have their connections suspended. The legislation proposed a "three
strikes" system, in which a file sharer caught breaking copyright laws would
receive a warning e-mail first, followed by a letter for a second offense. On
the third strike, the user would be cut off from the Internet for a year.
The bill was backed by the film and music industries. Both have been pushing
for tougher laws for Internet pirates as revenues continue to sink. Consumer
groups voiced concerns that such a system would inevitably end up affecting
innocent users, particularly those who may have had their computer or wireless
connection hijacked without their knowledge.
The warnings and subsequent connection suspension would be delivered at the
demand of a new state agency setup for the task. The socialist parliamentarian
Patrick Bloche said the bill was "dangerous, useless, inefficient, and very
risky for us citizens." The bill was defeated in a vote of the National
Assembly despite already being approved by the Senate. Two members of
President Sarkozy's majority government joined the opposition to the bill.
However, an amended version of the bill is expected to go before parliament in
the next few weeks.
***** The two dissenting votes, allied with the opposition, were made
only in protest to a clause that would have forced Internet users
who were cut off to keep paying their bill regardless. *****
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