Beerman Posted November 23, 2007 Report Share Posted November 23, 2007 Internet users in France who download music and films without paying for them could find their web access shut down by a government body, under a ground-breaking industry agreement backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy. The plan, which Mr Sarkozy is to endorse in a speech on Friday, will put France at the forefront of the battle against internet piracy with a three-strikes-and-you-are-out policy against repeat offenders. The proposed enforcement body would use information collected by internet service providers on their highvolume users to detect illegal file-sharing. Persistent offenders would be cautioned but could see their internet accounts suspended or terminated if they ignored as few as two warnings. Story continued here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDWAGON Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Internet users in France who download music and films without paying for them could find their web access shut down by a government body, under a ground-breaking industry agreement backed by President Nicolas Sarkozy. The plan, which Mr Sarkozy is to endorse in a speech on Friday, will put France at the forefront of the battle against internet piracy with a three-strikes-and-you-are-out policy against repeat offenders. The proposed enforcement body would use information collected by internet service providers on their highvolume users to detect illegal file-sharing. Persistent offenders would be cautioned but could see their internet accounts suspended or terminated if they ignored as few as two warnings. Story continued here "The problem appears particularly acute in France because of the relatively high download speeds of its internet services." Well that just great !! Forget the piracy --Just give me all that downlaod speed---LOL Frank... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Dave Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 I wish France would start by eliminating the spammers first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gi7omy Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Knowing the French attitude to authority, I'd be very surprised if it actually got off the ground When Canal Plus started there (a scrambled TV broadcast system) everyone immediately started trying to work out how it was done and how to crack it so they could watch without paying (from Sorbonne professors downwards) It was busted wide open inside a weekend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big_Dave Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 The scrambling of French TV channels years back was not good. The teenage son of some friends had a simple piece of electronics to unscramble the channels. He had to keep changing the dip switches every now and then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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