Star French 'Three Strikes' Law Takes One Step Forward
Linked by Kroc Camen on Tue 15th Sep 2009 20:23 UTC
Law and Order 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."
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A bit of context.
by BiPolar on Wed 16th Sep 2009 16:01 UTC
BiPolar
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2007-07-06

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."

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RE: A bit of context.
by Kochise on Wed 16th Sep 2009 16:24 in reply to "A bit of context."
Kochise Member since:
2006-03-03

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

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RE[2]: A bit of context.
by gustl on Wed 16th Sep 2009 17:04 in reply to "RE: A bit of context."
gustl Member since:
2006-01-19

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.

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