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| Thread ID: 90904 | 2008-06-19 12:33:00 | France to Ban illegal Downloaders From Using the Internet | Strommer (42) | PC World Chat |
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| 680344 | 2008-06-19 12:33:00 | Anyone in France who persists in illicit downloading of music or films will be barred from broadband access under a controversial new law that makes the country a pioneer in combating internet piracy. "There is no reason that the internet should be a lawless zone," said President Sarkozy, as he endorsed the "three-strikes-and-your-out' rule. See more HERE (technology.timesonline.co.uk) Now I await for our PF1 resident :lol: Francophile, Metla, to offer a choice comment... |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 680345 | 2008-06-19 13:17:00 | There are illegal things on teh Interwebs? Surely non! | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 680346 | 2008-06-19 19:05:00 | Damn ! I read about this coming law 6 months ago. It would be nice if they gave the same attention to spammers And Nigerian businessmen that have found some money they want to share with you. |
Digby (677) | ||
| 680347 | 2008-06-19 21:27:00 | The only country to have (relative) success at regulating the internet so far is China. Good luck to France. I think they should really be more worried by their fire-bombing truck driver unions though.... |
Deane F (8204) | ||
| 680348 | 2008-06-19 23:31:00 | Well, pretty soon their ISPs are gonna have to ban all their customers. :D | qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 680349 | 2008-06-20 00:40:00 | So long as their countrymen can still learn from the Interweb how to sink Greenpeace vessels and avoid punishment for same, all will be right with the world... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 680350 | 2008-06-20 07:47:00 | I guess that President Sarkozy will be the toast of Hollyweird if this goes thru. Their next stop will be the Poms.. | paulw (1826) | ||
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