[governance] court strikes down French three strikes law

[Parminder]

full story here

http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/06/11/french-revolution-meets-information-revolution-in-setback-for-hadopi-law/


Parminder wrote:
> http://www.ip-watch.org/weblog/2009/06/11/copyright-holders-acknowledge-losing-battle-for-public-consciousness-at-world-copyright-summit/
>
> French Three-Strikes Strikeout
>
> 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.
>
>
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