The [revised] French download law has passed the lower house (285 votes to 225). “The law must still be approved by parliament as a whole and the opposition Socialists have already announced they intend to challenge the measure in the constitutional court.”
For those like me (clueless about the whole thing)… From Reuters.com:
“Under the new law, the new authority will investigate suspected cases of piracy and will have the power to issue two written warnings before a judge can order an Internet connection to be disconnected and a fine of up to 30,000 euros ($43,900).
The law will also oblige anyone with a Wi-Fi connection to block non-authorized users from using the connection.”
Of course, easy as pie for non-tech users to configure their box and to prevent IP spoofing… Law makers are somewhat stupid sometimes :/
Kochise
I guess, there will be a contest of crackers:
Who can get the highest-ranking pro-3-strikes politician to loose his private internet connection due to getting under the steam rolls of the 3-strikes law.
“The law will also oblige anyone with a Wi-Fi connection to block non-authorized users from using the connection.”
It will be interesting to see how this pans out.