According to this report in p2pnet.net the French Parliament has refused to go along with the "3 strikes" law the RIAA/MPAA counterparts have been trying to get enacted.
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Thursday, April 09, 2009
French Parliament rejects RIAA/MPAA's '3 strikes law'- p2pnet.net
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I believe that Ars Technia reported that not only was it a very sparsly attended legislative session but the major reason for the defeat was an amendment which would have forced the user to continue to pay after the service is suspended.
ReplyDeleteI expect that this will come to another vote shortly and the government will force it through