France Halts ‘Three Strikes’ Law After Data Leak

“The French government’s ‘three strikes’ approach to online copyright infringement relies on a private company that scans file-sharing networks and gathers the IP addresses of alleged Gallic content pirates. But that company, TMG, suffered an embarrassing security breach last week, and the French government has ‘temporarily suspended‘ its acquisition of new TMG data while an investigation is underway.” Yeah, the company that collects IP addresses of alleged file shares got Sony’d.

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