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France passes revised three-strikes rule
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France passes revised three-strikes rule

by V3.co.uk staff  on Sep 17, 2009
Tags: copyright | law
"it certainly gives the average French use incentive to learn how to secure their network. That can't be a bad thing."
 
The French legislature has passed into law a revised version of the controversial so-called Hadopi 'three strikes' law targeting illegal online peer-to-peer file swappers

The new law aims to deal with the concerns of those who sit on France's Constitutional Council, who had objected to the first version of the law.

Internet disconnections of up to a year can now be ordered by a single judge in a "streamlined" proceeding, while internet users who fail to secure their connections can also be punished if other people use those connections to illegally exchange copyrighted material.

Hadopi 2 was passed by the National Assembly today by a margin of 285 to 225. The French Senate had already passed the legislation.

The new law also outlaws the 'open Wi-Fi defence', under which an accused file-sharer could simply make clear that anyone could have used his or her internet connection.

Under the new law, all internet users must keep their broadband connections secure and are fully responsible for whatever happens over them.

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totoaus
Sep 18, 2009 8:38 PM
Given the number of lay-people who don't know how to secure their networks, or even that they need to, this is a risk for them. Pooor bastards


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France passes revised three-strikes rule?
The French legislature has passed into law a revised version of the controversial so-called Hadopi 'three strikes' law targeting illegal online peer-to-peer file swappers

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Slatts
Sep 18, 2009 9:50 PM
it certainly gives the average French use incentive to learn how to secure their network.
That can't be a bad thing.
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