[governance] court strikes down French three strikes law

[Nyangkwe Agien Aaron]

"but it may transfer some of the administrative powers to a court".

I believe that almost 250 years after Lois des Chartres, the French
still remain conservative to liberty.
How the intended to withhold  free acess without a judge’s order is
something very baffling.
Does "three strikes" apply to FOSS?. I think this is where the Judge
got the opportunity to hit.

Aaron

On 6/11/09, Parminder <parminder at itforchange.net> wrote:
> 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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