France Rejects 3 Strikes Anti-Piracy Law

Last week, the French Parliament passed a new law requiring Internet service providers to cut off Internet access for persistent copyright offenders. Since the parliament voted in favor of the law, everyone - including the most fanatical critics - believed that it would easily pass through Senate and the National Assembly today - but it didn’t.
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After the parliament voted in favor of the law, no one doubted that it would be approved by the senate and National Assembly as well. As expected the law was indeed ratified by the senate this morning, but to everyone’s surprise it didn’t make it through the National Assembly.

After a two hour discussion, the law was rejected by the National Assembly with 21 votes against and 15 votes in favor. According to early reports, the Socialist party changed their initial position and decided to vote against the law after witnessing the mass opposition from the French public.

France Rejects 3 Strikes Anti-Piracy Law | TorrentFreak (CC by-sa)

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■ フランス国民議会、スリーストライク法を否決 :P2Pとかその辺のお話