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French ISPs: 'Three-Strikes' will Cost Us $40mill Annually

By soulxtc

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Yet, entertainment industry won't be picking up the expense of fighting illegal file-sharing on their networks. France's new Culture and Internet Law is expected to take effect before Spring's end and ISPs are raising concern over what the new "three-strikes" anti-file-sharing legislation will cost them to monitor and enforce. According to their estimates, it will cost France's four ISPs - Orange, SFR, Free and Numerique - more than $40 million USD annually to operate a graduated response system of notifying pirates and perhaps eventually disconnecting them. This cost won't be reimbursed by copyright holders nor the entertainment industry, and may eventually appear in the form of higher monthly subscription fees for their customers. For as we all know about business, it doesn't simply reduce its profit margin when faced with increased governmental regulation, instead it merely passes the expense onto people who purchase their goods or services.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).

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