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French Senate Passes Three-Strikes Anti-Piracy Law

By soulxtc

The "graduated response" would start with an e-mail warning, followed by a written letter, and end with ISPs terminating Internet access for one year. The French Senate has approved a controversial "three strikes" or "graduated response" law for those accused of illegal file-sharing. The legislation must still be approved by the lower house of parliament, the EU Observer reported. The goal is to force people now engaged in electronic piracy of movies, music and video games to use legal sources like iTunes. The "graduated response" would start with an e-mail warning would start with an e-mail warning, followed by a written letter, and end with ISPs terminating Internet access for one year.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on November 03, 2008 (boomark / email).