One Year Internet Ban For Illegal Downloaders In France

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Anyone who downloads films and music in France without paying will face up to a year’s ban from the internet under a disputed law that is to be approved by the French parliament today.

Hollywood and the music industry are behind President Sarkozy’s “three strikes and you’re out” scheme for curbing the illegal use of entertainment.

Critics, who include internet and civil liberties groups and some artists, are denouncing it as a breach of freedom that will not work. One internet campaign group called Quadrature du Net said that the law amounted to “imposing a social death sentence”.

As long as it’s enforced properly I don’t see any reason to be against this idea. The bottom line is downloading music and movies via P2P networks and torrent sites is illegal and is theft. I wonder will they also be prosecuted as well as banned from the net?

Posted on April 9, 2009 | Filed Under Tech