France Formally Mulls 3-Strikes Policy to Disconnect Pirates
Date : 2008 06 19 Category : Web News
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Could take effect as early as January 1st, 2009.
Yesterday France moved one step closer to adopting a sweeping plan to crackdown on illegal file-sharing after Culture Minister Christine Albanel presented a three-strikes bill to the French President's Cabinet.
She called it a balanced plan and "takes an essentially preventive and educational approach" to illicit downloading.
"We know that we are not going to eradicate piracy 100 percent, but we think that we can reduce it significantly," Albanel told a news conference.
Under the three-strikes policy, which will be taken up by Parliament in the Fall, and could come into effect as early as January 1st, 2009, suspected pirates will first get an e-mail warning, followed by a registered letter, and then lastly losing their Internet subscription for up to a year for repeat violations.