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French Assembly Approves 'Three-Strikes' P2P Bill

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 23, 2009 - 9:14am.

Paris - The French National Assembly has approved the resurrected "three-strikes" bill that would disconnect repeat file-swappers in the country, leaving the Constitutional Council's approval the final obstacle before the bill becomes law, Billboard reported.

French Parliament Approves 'Three-Strikes' File-Sharing Bill

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 15, 2009 - 9:46am.

Paris - France's Parliament has approved a new bill that would suspend the Internet connections of repeat file-swappers, and must now clear a final committee before becoming law, the Associated Press reports. The bill passed on Tuesday in the National Assembly, after being approved in the Senate in July. A similar bill passed earlier this year was deemed unconstitutional by France's Constitutional Council.

Debate on French 'Three-Strikes' Bill Delayed

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 24, 2009 - 8:18am.

Paris - France has delayed until at least September debate on a reintroduced bill that would potentially sever the Internet connections of repeat file-swappers, Billboard reported. The first version of the law was stripped of its teeth by France's Constitutional Council, which ruled that disconnections required a court order, rather than a simple finding by a new state copyright agency, HADOPI. The reintroduced bill will not be examined before the French Parliament's summer break in part due to a large number of amendments submitted by the Socialist party, which also derailed the first vote on the original bill.

French High Court Strips Teeth Out of Three-Strikes P2P Law

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 11, 2009 - 9:06am.

Paris - After a rocky road to passage in the French Parliament, the country's controversial "three-strikes" law, which would have disconnected repeat file-swappers' Internet access, has seen the disconnection portion of the law stripped by the country's high court. The law as passed compels ISPs to send warning letters to suspected file-swappers on behalf of copyright holders; after two warnings, it would have enabled an independent administrative authority (HADOPI) to order ISPs to sever a subscriber's Internet access for up to a year.

France Moves Closer to "Three Strikes" Law for File-Swappers

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 20, 2008 - 9:16am.

Paris - A proposal was introduced in France's Parliament this week that would implement a "three strikes" law compelling Internet service providers to cancel accounts of subscribers found to repeatedly infringe copyrights, according to published reports.