
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">

<html>

<head>

</head>

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000">

<font face="Times New Roman, Times, serif"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/06/11/copyright-holders-acknowledge-losing-battle-for-public-consciousness-at-world-copyright-summit/">http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/06/11/copyright-holders-acknowledge-losing-battle-for-public-consciousness-at-world-copyright-summit/</a><br>

<br>

</font>

<p>French Three-Strikes Strikeout</p>

<p>Rights holders were dealt a blow Wednesday when a French court

struck down the country’s “three strikes” law, saying that “free

access” to the internet is a human right and cannot be withheld without

a judge’s order, and that the new system presumes guilt, instead of

innocence. It is anticipated that the government will introduce a new

version of the bill with the same “graduated response” approach, but it

may transfer some of the administrative powers to a court.</p>

<br>

</body>

</html>